FILE – In this Jan. 17, 2015, file photo, comedian Bill Cosby salutes the crowd as he begins a performance at the Buell Theater in Denver. A year after allegations of sexual assault resurfaced and snowballed, women whove accused him of sexual assault are giving emotional interviews en masse, judges are ruling against him and colleges are continuing to revoke honorary degrees bestowed upon him when he was one of the countrys most admired entertainers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Muhlenberg College has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby following renewed accusations of sexual assault against the entertainer.
Faculty, staff and students at the eastern Pennsylvania college were told in an email Tuesday that the board of trustees had voted Friday to revoke the degree conferred on Cosby in 1995.
Board chairman Richard Crist says “substantial and credible information” that was unavailable at the time indicates that Cosby’s conduct “substantially and materially offends the college’s principles and ideals.”
Cosby has never been charged with a crime and has continued to deny allegations from several women that he drugged and sexually assaulted them years ago.
A number of other schools have also rescinded honorary degrees given to Cosby.
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