HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - Comedian Bill Cosby is heading to prison, but his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame isn't going anywhere.
Reaffirming a stance it has repeatedly taken over the years, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce issued a statement today insisting it does not remove stars from the famed walk.
"The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historical record of entertainment figures past and present," according to the chamber.
"Once installed, the stars become part of the historic fabric of the Walk of Fame, a `designated historic cultural landmark,' and are intended to be permanent.
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"The stars only commemorate the recipient's professional accomplishments. It is regrettable when the personal lives of inductees do not measure up to public standards and expectations, however, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce does not remove stars from the Walk of Fame."
Over the weekend, local civil rights activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson said he would be submitting a petition with hundreds of signatures to the chamber calling for the removal of Cosby's star in light of his April conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University staffer Andrea Constand in his Pennsylvania home in 2004.
He's been accused by dozens of women of committing similar crimes, but has maintained his innocence.
Cosby, 81, was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison.
