Two upcoming gigs are gone for Bill Cosby.
Treasure Island hotel and casino in Las Vegas will no longer feature Cosby in a Nov. 28 show.
Michelle Knoll, senior vice president of communications at Treasure Island, says in a statement that "by mutual agreement" the show has been canceled. Ticket holders will be issued refunds.
"It wasn't a good time" for the performance, Knoll told AP, as allegations continue to pile up about the comedian.
And an April 11 show at the Virginia Theater in Champaign, Ill., has also been canceled.
Still, the cancellation is somewhat surprising, given that Cosby performed Thursday night in the Bahamas and the show seemed to be well-received. A show set for Friday night in Melbourne, Fla., is still going on as scheduled.
Also nixed: NBC has dropped a deal for a Cosby sitcom, and TV Land has pulled all reruns of The Cosby Show. Additionally, his Netflix Nov. 28 special has been postponed.
On Friday, at least two more women came forward with Cosby stories:
• Model/actress Angela Leslie, 52, tells the New York Daily News Cosby forced her to fondle him in a Las Vegas hotel suite in 1992.
• Former talent agency secretary Kristina Ruehli, 71, now a New Hampshire grandmother to seven, tells PhillyMag.com that in 1965 she went to Cosby's home for a party, but she was the only guest. She says he drugged her and tried to force her to perform oral sex on him.
Cosby's lawyer, Marty Singer, said Thursday of the growing claims, "We've reached the point of absurdity."
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