By Dominic Taylor-
The pennysylvania parole board has turned down comedian Bill Cosby’s petition to be released from a 10-year prison sentence for aggravated indecent assault, after he refused to participate in a therapy program for sexually violent predators.
Laura Treaster, a spokeswoman for the state parole board, confirmed the decision, which was made on 11 May and first reported on Thursday by Nicole Weisensee on her Facebook page. Weisensee is authour of the book Chasing Cosby.
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The Eye Of Media.Com has heard from reliable sources that Cosby’s refusal to participate in the therapy programme is based on his claim to be innocent of the offences, a position seen as being in denial and associated with the pride associated with his status.
The shamed 83 year old former household star had a hearing before the Pennsylvania supreme court in December on his appeal of his conviction.
Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt said his client expected to be turned down. “We knew he was going to be rejected. He called me and told me that if he didn’t take the course, he would be denied,” He has maintained his innocence from the beginning.”
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Cosby would have become eligible for parole on 25 September after completing the three-year minimum term of his sentence.
He was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and designated a sexually violent predator on 25 September 2018, following conviction for the rape of Andrea Constand, his former friend at Temple University, in 2004
released from a 10-year prison sentence for aggravated indecent assault, after his refusal to participate in a therapy program for sexually violent predators, after a pennsylvania parole board turned down comedian Bill Cosby’s petition to b
Laura Treaster, a spokeswoman for the state parole board, confirmed the decision, which was made on 11 May and first reported on Thursday by Nicole Weisensee Egan, author of the book Chasing Cosby, on her Facebook page.
Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said his client expected to be turned down. “We knew he was going to be rejected. He called me and told me that if he didn’t take the course, he would be denied,” He has maintained his innocence from the beginning.”
Cosby was due for parole on 25 September, after completing the three-year minimum term of his sentence. He was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison and designated a sexually violent predator on 25 September 2018, after being convicted earlier in the year of the rape of Andrea Constand, his former friend at Temple University, in 2004.
The once U.S national television hero known as “America’s Dad” has been serving his sentence in the state correctional institution at Phoenix, a suburb in Philadelphia.
Treaster said the board would not consider Cosby for parole again unless he completes the sexual violent predator therapy.
He is also required to overcome a recommendation against parole from the state Department of Corrections and maintain a clear conduct record. Cosby was also told to develop a “parole release plan.”
She said the reasons for the negative recommendation by the corrections department, and Cosby’s prison conduct record, are not public information.
Cosby had a hearing before the Pennsylvania supreme court in December on his appeal of his conviction.
Wyatt said Cosby is doing as well in prison as can be expected.
“He’s hopeful,” Wyatt said of the supreme court appeal. “He’s cool as a cucumber.”
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