Bill Cosby fatherhood mural painted over amid sex allegations

A Philadelphia mural featuring Bill Cosby has been painted over as new details emerge of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit.

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The 2008 mural showedCosbywearing a trademark sweater such asthose he wore as a beloved dad on his hit TV show.The mural also featured NelsonMandelaandDesmondTutu.

The city's Mural Arts Program says the fatherhood-themed mural in North Philadelphia was deteriorating and already scheduled for removal.

But spokeswoman Cari Feiler Bender says the date was moved up amid renewed allegations againstCosby.More than 40 women have come forward in the past year allegingCosbydrugged and sexually assaulted them in incidents dating back decades.

He faces at least four civil lawsuits stemming from such allegations.Cosbyhas never been criminally charged.

A deposition given by Cosby in a 2005 lawsuit andreleased this month revealsthe married father of five acknowledged he got sedatives to give to women before sex.

He says the sexual activity with various women was consensual. He has never been charged with a crime.