Move to strip Cosby of Medal of Freedom

Congressman wants to take highest US civilian honor from comic accused of rape

A US congressman from Arizona said on Thursday he would introduce a bill to strip Bill Cosby of his Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, citing the sexual assault allegations against the entertainer.

The move came a week after the 78-year-old Cosby, who personified the model family man in his hit 1980s television series The Cosby Show, was charged in Pennsylvania with sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with drugs and alcohol in 2004.