Bill Cosby's name removed from the Television Academy's Hall of Fame

Bill Cosby's name has been removed from the Television Academy's online list of Hall of Fame honorees, but the comedian currently remains in the Hall and retain his Emmy awards.

The Academy has also decided not to reinstall a bust of the Philadelphia-born comedian that was removed to accommodate renovations at the organization's headquarters, Variety reports. Previously on display in a Hall of Fame exhibit, the bust instead will be kept in storage.

Cosby, 80, was inducted into the TV Academy's Hall of Fame in 1992 with a ceremony at Walt Disney World. While he has not been removed from the Hall, his status is "under review," as an Academy spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times.

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Currently, the Academy says it has no plans to rescind Cosby's four Primetime Emmy awards, Deadline reports. Awards include best actor in drama for I Spy in 1966, 1967, and 1968, and outstanding variety or musical program in 1969, according to IMDB. Cosby also received the Academy's Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003.

In a retrial last month, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. As a result of the conviction, the comedian could face up to 30 years in prison. A sentencing hearing is currently scheduled to take place in Montgomery County in July.

Constand, an ex-operations manager for Temple's women's basketball team, claimed Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her at his Cheltenham home in 2004. Initial court proceedings in the case ended in a mistrial in June last year.

To date, about 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, with some allegations dating back to the 1960s. Momentum against Cosby began in earnest following a viral bit from comedian Hannibal Buress, who called Cosby a "rapist" at a show at the Trocadero in 2014.

The decision to remove Cosby's name from the Television Academy's online list of Hall of Fame honorees comes following a slew of backlash in the wake of Cosby's guilty verdict. Several schools, including Temple University, have rescinded honorary degrees previously awarded to Cosby, and Bounce TV recently announced it would stop airing reruns of The Cosby Show.

Camille O. Cosby, the comedian's wife, issued a statement in which she criticized the verdict against her husband. Previously, she had been largely silent about the case.

"Once again, an innocent person has been found guilty based on an unthinking, unquestioning, unconstitutional frenzy propagated by the media and allowed to play out in a supposed court of law," she wrote. "This is mob justice, not real justice. This tragedy must be undone not just for Bill Cosby, but for the country."

Jurors in the case responded with their own statement defending the verdict.

"Simply put," the statement read, "we were asked to assess the credibility of Ms. Constand's account of what happened to her, and each one of us found her account credible and compelling."