Bill Cosby’s Fate Is Sealed During Parole Hearing This Month

Former funnyman Bill Cosby has served just over two years of his 3-to-10 year prison sentence for drugging and molesting former basketball player Andrea Constand. Earlier this month Cosby was denied parole and will not be released from the State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.

The disgraced comedian had a parole hearing on May 11 where the board decided that Cosby did not meet the requirements to warrant a release from prison.

The disgraced actor and comedian had a parole hearing on May 11 and the Pennsylvania parole board decided that Cosby had not yet met the requirements that warranted a release from prison.

The board determined that Cosby failed to “develop a parole release plan” and needs to “participate in and complete additional institutional programs”

He also received a “negative recommendation made by the department of corrections” and that at his next parole hearing, the board will review and consider whether he has “successfully participated in/successfully completed a treatment program for sex offenders and violence prevention.”

Cosby must also be given a “favorable recommendation for parole from the department of corrections and the board will determine if he has “maintained a clear conduct record” for the length of his incarceration.

Reps for Cosby said in a statement obtained by Fox News on Thursday that news his parole has been “denied” by the Pennsylvania State Parole Board is “not a surprise to Mr. Cosby, his family, his friends and/or his legal team.”

“It was brought to our attention by Mr. Cosby that over the past months, members of the PA State Parole Board had met with him and empathically stated, ‘if he did not participate in SVP [Sexual Violate Predator] courses that his parole would be denied,’” the memo continued.

“Mr. Cosby has vehemently proclaimed his innocence and continues to deny all allegations made against him, as being false, without the sheer evidence of any proof,” the statement added. “Today, Mr. Cosby continues to remain hopeful that the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court will issue an opinion to vacate his conviction or warrant him a new trial.”

Cosby had been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women and was deemed a sexually violent predator by a judge during his trial.