Bill Cosby Update: Comedian Comparing Himself To Civil Rights Leaders

Bill Cosby prepared for his stint in prison by comparing himself to civil rights leaders such as Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela.

An October interview with the 81-year-old comedian’s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt has resurfaced in which it is revealed that Cosby focused on the civil rights leaders as a way to help him prepare for this chapter of his life.

"He said they told him that if he was going to continue to fight for civil rights, something like this was bound to happen and he's been prepared for it and he knows he's in prison not for rape, but for infidelity," Wyatt told The Washington Informer. "He knows he's innocent and he's kept his head up."

Wyatt’s also said that Cosby has been preaching about social justice to his fellow inmates.

“He has been able to speak with other inmates about their situation and impart advice. Mr. Cosby loves hearing other stories of the inmates whom he calls residents. It’s that psychology part of him that takes them into his laboratory. He tells them, ‘You don’t have to swear or curse, this is what you do.’ He’s doing what he always have on the lecture circuit.”

Cosby has not yet been moved to generation population at the prison and spends most of his day in his room alone or in the prison yard, BET reported.

Cosby is serving a three to 10 years sentence for sexual assault. He is currently awaiting appeal in the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.