'There’s so much fun to be had': Bill Cosby plans on touring again in 2023
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Bill Cosby, 85, could resume live touring in the coming months after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed his sexual assault conviction in June 2021. Recently, he has indicated the same in an interview while his publicist is also affirmative that he could return to the stage in 2023, reports said.
Apparently, Cosby appeared on the Ohio-based WGH Talk radio station on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming plans and on being asked if 2023 could mark his return to touring, he replied with a “Yes". "Yes, because there’s so much fun to be had in this storytelling that I do,” Cosby said during the appearance. “Years ago, maybe 10 years ago, I found it was better to say it after I write it.”
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The controversial comedian's publicist, Andrew Wyatt in an email reply to the Hollywood Reporter also confirmed the news, he said, “We’re looking at getting back out here around Spring/Summer of 2023.” “When I come out of this, I feel that I will be able to perform and be the Bill Cosby that my audience knows me to be,” Cosby said on the station.
Cosby was released from state prison after serving two years of a three-to-ten-year sentence despite being found guilty of sexual assault. The court determined that the actor's "non-prosecution agreement" with a previous prosecutor should have prevented him from being charged in a case that originated from a 2004 encounter with accuser Andrea Constand, as per reports.
Almost two-decade-long legal journey came to a conclusion in March when the US Supreme Court decided not to consider restoring Cosby's sexual assault conviction. Following that decision, Cosby, through a spokeswoman, released a statement in which he expressed his "sincere gratitude to the justices" and attacked Kevin R. Steele, the Montgomery County DA who had brought the case against him.
However, this month, five women accused Cosby and NBC of sexual misconduct, claiming that the comedian attacked or mistreated them between the 1960s and 1990s. Cosby denounced the lawsuits, claiming they were intended not to seek justice but to mint money, an Inquirer report mentions. The 85-year-old TV star's last comedy tour across North America was in 2015. Performances were met with protests and cancellations after almost two dozen women came forward to accuse Cosby of sexual assault, which took place decades earlier. The comedian proclaimed his innocence through his attorneys at the time and since he had not yet been prosecuted in connection with the claims.
On December 30, 2015, Cosby was detained in the Constand case. He was tried for the crime in 2017. At the time, Cosby said in a statement, “I’m Far From Finished.”