Bill Cosby will not undertake a national tour on how to avoid being accused of sexual assault, the comedian said in a statement Tuesday, less than a week after his spokesman announced such a plan.
“The current propaganda that I am going to conduct a sexual assault tour is false,” Cosby wrote on Twitter. “Any further information about public plans will be given at the appropriate time.”
Statement From Actor & Comedian Bill Cosby: “The current propaganda that I am going to conduct a sexual assault tour is false.”
— Bill Cosby (@BillCosby) June 27, 2017
Last Thursday, Andrew Wyatt, a Cosby spokesman, told “Good Day Alabama” that starting in July, Cosby would share tips with people about issues related to sexual assault allegations.
“We are now planning town halls and we’re going to be the — sometime in July — we’re gonna talk to young people,” Wyatt said. “This issue can affect any young person, especially young athletes of today and they need to know what they’re facing when they’re hanging out at parties — when they’re doing certain things they shouldn’t be doing. And it also affects, you know, married men.”
Nearly 60 women have claimed Cosby committed sexual assault and misconduct against them since his days as the lead on “The Cosby Show.”
His first trial ended last week in a hung jury. The judge declared a mistrial, but Cosby will remain free on $1 million bail.
