Bill Cosby
Dateline NBC is gearing up to air a special featuring the testimony of 27 women who claim they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby, photographed during the Black Belt Community Foundation's March for Education on May 15, 2015, in Selma, Alabama. Getty Images

Now one year into his prison sentence, disgraced comedian Bill Cosby is still behind bars fighting the sexual assault charges that he was convicted of in an appeal. Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand.

On Thursday, the anniversary of his arrival at the Phoenix-SCI prison in Pennsylvania, Cosby was visited by his spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, and civil rights leader Ben Chavis, Inside Edition reported.

During their visit, they saw a much thinner Cosby, who now weighs 187 pounds, down from the 220 pounds he weighed when he arrived at the prison. Previous reports indicated that Cosby reportedly was limiting his sugar and salt intake, abstaining from coffee, and working out every day.

"He has a washboard stomach," Wyatt told Inside Edition. "He is doing amazingly well. He is just someone who is mentally strong."

"We saw a strong Bill Cosby today," Chavis told the news outlet.

Despite his new appearance, Cosby’s wife, Camille, still hasn’t come to see him since he began his sentence. Cosby has requested that Camille and the rest of his family do not visit him in prison as he doesn’t want them to see him behind bars, the news outlet said.

Camille has also reportedly sought the advice of divorce lawyers but may have reconsidered the move as she looks to reconcile with her husband. There were rumblings that Camille and Cosby were planning to renew their vows while the comic was behind bars in a prison ceremony, but the details of the nuptials have not yet been released.

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