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Since disgraced comic Bill Cosby started his prison sentence a
little over four months ago, his family hasn't visited him.

Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, told The Associated Press on
Thursday that Cosby, 81, doesn't expect his wife, Camille, or
their daughters to visit him at SCI-Phoenix in Collegeville,
Pennsylvania.

Per the news outlet, the prison is 20 miles from the family's
estate in the Philadelphia suburbs.

"He doesn't want to have them in that environment," Wyatt, who
said he visits Cosby regularly, told AP. "Why put them in that
position, to make it turn into some form of a circus?"

A rep for Cosby did not immediately respond to Fox News' request
for comment.

On Thursday, it was reported that Cosby was moved to the general
population last week after spending four months in special
housing as he acclimated to the prison. He now has a single cell
in a two-story unit at the newly built prison in Montgomery
County.

A jury last year convicted Cosby of drugging and sexually
assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. On Sept. 25, Montgomery
County Judge Steven T. O'Neill sentenced Cosby to three to 10
years in state prison. He is appealing the conviction.

Camille — she's Cosby's wife of more than 50 years — made just
one brief appearance at each of her husband's two criminal
trials, and their three surviving daughters stayed away. Camille
did, however, file an ethics complaint against the trial judge
last year, accusing him of bias in the case.

Wyatt told AP that Camille continues to strategize on her
husband's behalf behind the scenes.

Cosby, a Philadelphia native, rose to fame in the 1960s as the
first black actor to star in a prime-time television drama with
the hit show, "I Spy." He became known as "America's Dad" for
his portrayal of family man Cliff Huxtable on the top-rated
"Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992.

Dozens of women have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct
over a 50-year span, including five who testified at his retrial
last year. Cosby and his lawyers and agents have repeatedly
called the encounters consensual.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-cosbys-family-hasnt- visited-him-in-prison-spokesman-says
 

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