Bill Cosby has been in prison for one week after he was sentenced for the 2004 sexual assault of a university staffer, and a report said that he is “getting friendly with prison staff” and speaking with his wife on a regular basis.
His representative, Andrew Wyatt, said that Cosby is escorted through the prison by a guide because he is legally blind. He then goes to the prison yard, library, and other facilities, TMZ reported.
“Since he’s not in general pop yet, he spends a lot of his time chatting with prison staff. Wyatt tells us Cosby has mentioned many times how respectful the staff is and how well they’ve treated him,” TMZ said.
There are seven phases of the program: Responsibility Taking, Behavioral Techniques, Emotional Well-Being, Victim Empathy, Anger Management, Sex Education, and Relapse Prevention.
His sentence means that he will have to serve a minimum of three years in prison before he is eligible for parole.
Case Rejected by Supreme Court
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Cosby’s petition to review a dispute with former supermodel Janice Dickinson, the Hollywood Reporter said.Cosby’s then-attorney Marty Singer told media outlets in 2014 that her story of being allegedly raped and drugged by the comedian was “fabricated and is an outrageous defamatory lie.”
Dickinson in 2014 accused Cosby of raping her in 1982. When Cosby’s attorney said she wasn’t telling the truth, Dickinson sued him for defamation.
More than 40 women have come forward and accused Cosby, who appeared in the 1980s sitcom “The Cosby Show,” of assault and using drugs to incapacitate them.
Cosby was convicted of the sexual assault and drugging of Andrea Constand, a Temple University student.