Incarcerated American comedian and actor Bill Cosby was hoping to get early release due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was denied.
The new development comes after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf released various inmates. This will however not be the case for Bill Cosby.
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson, Kate Delano, said:
“Mr. Cosby is not eligible for release under Governor Wolf’s order since he was convicted of a violent offense (aggravated indecent assault) and was deemed a sexually violent predator.
So, for both of those reasons, he would not be eligible to be released.”
It was also revealed that Cosby’s publicist said that the news came as a shock to their team because according to leaked information, the actor was going to be let out due to his age and blindness.
Cosby’s publicist, Andrew Wyatt, said:
“For them to say Mr. Cosby doesn’t meet the criteria is ludicrous, ridiculous and absurd.
Criteria across this country was thrown out of the window, especially when COVID-19 was labelled a pandemic.”
