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Cosby says has no plans for 'sexual assault tour'
Source: Reuters
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS | Tue Jun 27, 2017 | 4:40pm EDT
Cosby says has no plans for 'sexual assault tour'
By Dana Feldman and Joseph Ax | LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK
Bill Cosby said on Tuesday he has no plans to hold town hall events to discuss sexual assault, days after his spokesman suggested the comedian planned a series of public talks to educate men about how to avoid false accusations.
Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, first put forward the idea for the town hall talks in an interview with a Birmingham, Alabama, TV station last week, five days after Cosby's sex assault trial ended in a hung jury.
The proposal drew immediate criticism from a lawyer representing some of the dozens of women who have leveled sex assault accusations at the 79-year-old entertainer, whose long career was built on a family-friendly style of comedy.
"The current propaganda that I am going to conduct a sexual assault tour is false," Cosby said in a statement released by Wyatt on Tuesday. "Any further information about public plans will be given at the appropriate time."
Wyatt said in the Wednesday TV interview and a Thursday e-mailed statement that Cosby, once known as "America's dad" for his starring role in the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," planned to give free public appearances to address the dangers that young men face.
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Cosby says has no plans for 'sexual assault tour'
By Dana Feldman and Joseph Ax | LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK
Bill Cosby said on Tuesday he has no plans to hold town hall events to discuss sexual assault, days after his spokesman suggested the comedian planned a series of public talks to educate men about how to avoid false accusations.
Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, first put forward the idea for the town hall talks in an interview with a Birmingham, Alabama, TV station last week, five days after Cosby's sex assault trial ended in a hung jury.
The proposal drew immediate criticism from a lawyer representing some of the dozens of women who have leveled sex assault accusations at the 79-year-old entertainer, whose long career was built on a family-friendly style of comedy.
"The current propaganda that I am going to conduct a sexual assault tour is false," Cosby said in a statement released by Wyatt on Tuesday. "Any further information about public plans will be given at the appropriate time."
Wyatt said in the Wednesday TV interview and a Thursday e-mailed statement that Cosby, once known as "America's dad" for his starring role in the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," planned to give free public appearances to address the dangers that young men face.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-cosby-idUSKBN19I2ID
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