Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby said that he is not remorseful despite currently serving a multiyear prison sentence after being convicted on charges of aggravated indecent assault.
Cosby, 82, formerly a television producer, director, and comedian, was interviewed on Sunday for the first time since his sentence began.
“I have eight years and nine months left,” Cosby told BlackPressUSA.com. “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 also was critical of the judicial process that ended with him being found guilty and spending time in prison following a second trial after the jury was deadlocked in his first trial.
“It’s all a setup. That whole jury thing. They were imposters,” he claimed.
“Look at the woman who blew the whistle,” he added, referencing a potential juror who overheard a seated juror say before the trial, “He’s guilty, we can all go home now.”
“Then she went in and came out smiling, it’s something attorneys will tell you is called a payoff,” Cosby stated. “I know what they’ve done to my people. But my people are going to view me and say, ‘That boy looks good. That boy is strong.’ I have too many heroes that I’ve sat with. Too many heroes whom I listened to like John Henrik Clarke, Kenneth Clark, and Dorothy Height. Those people are very strong, and they saw the rejection of their people. This is political. I can see the whole thing.”
The entertainer once known as “America’s Dad” was convicted in April 2018 of sexually assaulting Temple University athletics administrator Andrea Constand in 2004. She is one of about 60 women who have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct.
