Bill Cosby Cancels Boston Show After Protest Threat

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Comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Buell Theater in Denver, Jan. 17, 2015Brennan Linsley—AP
By Justin Worland

Bill Cosby canceled a performance in Boston scheduled for Sunday, as another woman came forward to accuse the comedian of sexual assault.

Former actress and model Helen Gumpel told a crowd at a news conference Sunday that Cosby had given her a drink and made unwanted sexual advances, including placing his crotch in her face, on the set of The Cosby Show, the Associated Press reports. Protestors had planned a rally outside Cosby’s performance.

Gumpel is the latest of more than a dozen women to claim sexual misconduct on the part of Cosby. The actor and comedian has denied allegations of sexual assault and rape.

Read more: Ask an Ethicist: Can I Still Watch The Cosby Show?

Cosby blamed the cancelation on “treacherous” weather. A foot of snow is expected to fall in the Boston area Sunday. “Mr. Cosby just wanted all people coming to his shows to be safe,” spokesman Andrew Miles told Reuters. “It had nothing to do with any protests.”

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Bill Cosby’s Public Life in Photos

The Ed Sullivan Show
Bill Cosby performs on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. CBS/Getty Images
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A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1965.Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Cosby
Bill Cosby poses with his Emmy for his role in I Spy at the Primetime Emmy Awards in New York City in 1966. AP
Comedian Bill Cosby holding cigar
A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1969.Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
The Second Bill Cosby Special
Bill Cosby performs on The Second Bill Cosby Special in 1969.Fred Sabine—NBC/Getty Images
Ron Galella Archive - File Photos
Bill Cosby attends the "Concert at Town Hall" at Town Hall in New York City in 1971.Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images
The Bill Cosby Show
Bill Cosby as Chet Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show.NBC/Getty Images
The Cosby Show
Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable in The Cosby Show.Frank Carroll—NBC/Getty Images
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Bill Cosby is interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1992.Wendy Perl—NBC/Getty Images
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby speaks to an audience on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in 2006, in Washington D.C.LAWRENCE JACKSON—AP
The 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation Awards Gala - Dinner
Host Bill Cosby speaks onstage at the 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation awards gala atThe Waldorf Astoria in 2011 in New York City. Stephen Lovekin—Getty Images
2011 Temple University Commencement
Bill Cosby attends the 2011 Temple University Commencement at the Liacouras Center in 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa.Gilbert Carrasquillo—Getty Images
2014 American Comedy Awards - Press Room
Bill Cosby attends the 2014 American Comedy Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 26, 2014 in New York City. Andrew Toth—FilmMagic/Getty Images

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