FILE - Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse on the first day of sentencing in his sexual assault trial. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - The representative for disgraced actor and comedian Bill Cosby is asking for his client to be released early from jail citing concern that his medical history could make him vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Andrew Wyatt revealed in a press release Saturday that Cosby underwent two life-sustaining surgeries in the fall of 2019. According to Wyatt, a longtime friend and publicist for Cosby, doctors at SCI-Phoenix discovered a 90 percent plaque blockage in Cosby's left and right carotid arteries.