PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby and Temple University have parted ways, but his lawyer is feeling heat for continuing to serve on the university’s board of trustees.
The head of the school’s faculty union this week called for Patrick O’Connor to resign from the board, where he is the chairman.
The administration of the Philadelphia university is strongly backing O’Connor.
This month, depositions from a decade-old lawsuit were made public with Cosby acknowledging that he gave quaaludes to women with whom he wanted to have sex. He has denied sexually assaulting anyone.
The faculty union’s president, Arthur Hochner, says he believes it was a conflict for O’Connor to shape university policy when he knew about the behavior of the man who was its public face.
Cosby resigned from the trustees board last year.
