Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.Continuing the long tradition of men offering to do anything else—anything at all!—rather than just go to therapy, Bill Cosby has been denied parole partly because the infamous comedian has refused to attend a therapy program designed for sex offenders.Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Parole Board declined Cosby's parole request, USA Today reported Thursday. The denial came about, in part, because Cosby refused to participate in “a treatment program for sex offenders and violence prevention,” according to a letter from the state board action letter obtained by the outlet. Cosby’s shot at parole also suffered from his “failure to develop a parole release plan” and a “negative recommendation” from the Department of Corrections.But Cosby is steadfast in his refusal to attend the treatment program, according to a representative."Mr. Cosby has vehemently proclaimed his innocence and continues to deny all allegations made against him, as being false,” Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s representative, told USA Today in a statement. “Mr. Cosby continues to remain hopeful that the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court will issue an opinion to vacate his conviction or warrant him a new trial.”Cosby, now 83, was convicted in 2018 for three counts of aggravated indecent assault, and he has spent the last few years attempting to appeal his conviction—to no avail. Although he was convicted only for drugging and raping Andrea Constand, dozens of other women have accused him of sexual misconduct.The former TV star, once affectionately known as “America’s dad”, remains incarcerated in Pennsylvania.
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