For those wondering if Bill Cosby is eligible to be temporarily released from prison under a new order from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf for at-risk inmates because of COVID-19, the answer is a resounding NO.
That answer comes directly from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, according to TheWrap.
if you missed it, Wolf’s order was issued last Friday (04-10-20) and the first group of inmates was released on Wednesday (04-15-20). Unfortunately for Cosby, the program does not apply to those convicted or sentenced for “a crime of violence, or any criminal attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit a crime of violence.”
Cosby, now 82, was sentenced in 2018 to three to 10 years in prison after a jury convicted him of aggravated indecent assault based on the account of Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee who said Cosby drugged and molested her.
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On Thursday, according to TheWrap, Cosby’s publicist issued a press release suggesting that the comedian’s team expected he would be released and remanded to house arrest soon under the governor’s order because he was a “non-violent elderly” inmate.
That’s not how those who prosecuted Cosby see it.
“Mr. Cosby is not eligible under Gov. Wolf’s order since he was convicted of a violent offense (aggravated indecent assault) and was determined to be a Sexually Violent Predator,” a spokesperson for the D.A.’s office told TheWrap.
“No, despite what his publicist says, Cosby is not eligible,” a spokesperson for the DOC also said.
Cosby — who has been accused by at least 60 women of sexual assault — is serving out his sentence at SCI Phoenix, a 3,830-bed facility in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
In a wide-ranging interview given last year to Black Press USA, Cosby said he had no “remorse” for his actions and claimed his trial was a “set up.”
“When I come up for parole, they’re not going to hear me say that I have remorse. I was there. I don’t care what group of people come along and talk about this when they weren’t there. They don’t know,” he said.
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