Foxwoods Resort Casino Cancels Upcoming Bill Cosby Appearance

The New York Post reports that Foxwoods Resort Casino has joined a growing list of venues that has canceled an upcoming appearance by comedian Bill Cosby in light of a growing number of sexual assault allegations.

The concert, which was to take place on January 31st, has been postponed indefinitely. The casino gave no further details as to the reason behind the cancellation.

In recent days, Cosby has issued a statement denying recent reports, while his attorney has specifically denied four of the allegations. The comedian still has 29 dates remaining on his schedule through May of 2015.

The statement from Bill Cosby's lawyer, Martin Singer follows:

"The new, never-before-heard claims from women who have come forward in the past two weeks with unsubstantiated, fantastical stories about things they say occurred 30, 40, or even 50 years ago have escalated far past the point of absurdity.

These brand new claims about alleged decades-old events are becoming increasingly ridiculous, and it is completely illogical that so many people would have said nothing, done nothing, and made no reports to law enforcement or asserted civil claims if they thought they had been assaulted over a span of so many years.

Lawsuits are filed against people in the public eye every day. There has never been a shortage of lawyers willing to represent people with claims against rich, powerful men, so it makes no sense that not one of these new women who just came forward for the first time now ever asserted a legal claim back at the time they allege they had been sexually assaulted.

This situation is an unprecedented example of the media's breakneck RUSH to run stories without any corroboration or adherence to traditional journalistic standards. Over and over again, we have refuted these new unsubstantiated stories with documentary evidence, only to have a new uncorroborated story crop up out of the woodwork. When will it end?

It is long past time for this media vilification of Mr. Cosby to stop."

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