Bill Cosby is doing “extremely well” in prison, giving motivational speeches to his fellow inmates and working out consistently to get in shape behind bars, his spokesperson Andrew Wyatt said.
Wyatt confirmed reports Cosby is in high-demand at SCI Phoenix, the maximum security prison about 20 miles from Philadelphia where he began serving a three- to 10-year prison term in September.
Cosby was convicted in April 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. He’s been accused of sexual assault or misconduct by dozens of other women.
“Mr. Cosby, roughly three months ago, had been requested by a number of inmates to come and speak at some of their support groups, and he debated about it and decided to take them up on their offer,” Wyatt said by phone Tuesday. “One group that he consistently speaks to is a group called ‘Man Up.’ These are guys that are going to be paroled in a few months, and he is talking to these guys because a lot of them have been in prison… and they are afraid of going back to (their) communities.
“They viewed him as their father figure. To them, he is America’s dad,” Wyatt added.
Wyatt said Cosby also meets with inmates one-on-one, often while he’s eating.
“He’s extremely popular,” Wyatt said. “Some of them come up to him and want to just talk and want to talk about various things like ‘The Cosby Show’ and (other celebrities).”
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