The
US George Washington University is overturning the honorary doctorate
certificate awarded Bill Cosby following several allegations of sexual assault.
The
Washington College’s practice has been not to pull a degree because of
information that surfaced after it was awarded, however the allegations have
distressed the alumni and students who have been sexually assaulted, President
Steven Knapp said.
“I
have therefore decided that the university will rescind Mr. Cosby’s honorary
degree,” he said in a statement on the school’s website.
Cosby,
78, was charged last month with sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 after
plying her with drugs and alcohol. The charges, filed days before the statute
of limitations on the alleged crime was to expire, are the only criminal charges
the entertainer faces after more than 50 women accused him of sex assault.
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