For the second time in four years, Bill Cosby's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been vandalized.
Someone spray-painted the words "Serial Rapist" across the star Monday night, said the Los Angeles Police Department, which is investigating the incident.
Cosby was found guilty in April of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004. Although Constand's allegations are the only ones that have resulted in criminal charges against the actor-comedian, dozen of other women also have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct.
Someone scrawled a similar message on Cosby's star in 2014, CNN affiliate KTLA reported.
Cosby's star has been cleaned since the incident Monday, but his is not the only one to be targeted on the sidewalks of Hollywood.
There are now more than 2,600 celebrities' stars embedded in sidewalks across a 15-block stretch of downtown Hollywood.
Whoever nominates a celebrity for a star usually pays the $40,000 cost of installing and maintaining the terrazzo and brass landmarks.
Keeping them clean and intact is not an easy task, which is why the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce -- which oversees the Walk of Fame -- has installed surveillance cameras in the hopes of deterring vandals.
"The Hollywood Walk of Fame is an institution celebrating the positive contributions of inductees. When people are angry with one of our honorees, we would hope that they would project their anger in more positive ways than to vandalize a California State landmark," said the Chamber in a new statement.
Source: CNN.com
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