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Bill Cosby show set for Las Vegas is canceled

Ruffin's Treasure Island

Leila Navidi

Bill Cosby performs inside the showroom at Treasure Island Friday, May 27, 2011.

Updated Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 | 9:07 a.m.

Officials at the Treasure Island hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip say they've mutually agreed with comedian Bill Cosby to cancel his upcoming performance there amid a growing number of sexual assault allegations.

The cancellation was announced Friday, a day after a Florida woman came forward to say Cosby drugged and raped her after a Las Vegas show in 1976. She's the fourth woman in recent weeks to make similar allegations.

Treasure Island spokeswoman Michelle Knoll said "it wasn't a good time" for the Nov. 28 performance. She added that ticketholders will be given refunds.

Other companies have recently distanced themselves from the comedian, including Netflix and NBC.

Cosby issued a statement Sunday discrediting decades-old accusations and his attorney has denied four of the allegations.

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