On the day of Bill Cosby’s release, he just wanted to go home, sit on his sofa, and eat a slice of pizza.
Photos obtained by Daily Mail show the 83-year-old’s first moments of freedom after Supreme Court’s decision to overturn his conviction for drugging and assaulting 48-year-old Andrea Constand in 2004.
Still wearing his prison uniform, photos show Cosby sitting on his bed while another shows him eating his favorite pizza.
Cosby’s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt said that his first words upon getting into the vehicle that would take him to his home were: “Andrew, is this a dream?”
Recalling the moment, Wyatt shared: “He said, ‘Are you real?’ I said, ‘I’m real, touch me.’ He said, ‘Look people can sometimes feel things in dreams.’ And I said, ‘Mr. Cosby this is real. You’re free.’”
Cosby was later reunited with his wife Camille, 77. Wyatt described their reunion as ‘like watching teenage love.’
“The way she touched him and said, ‘Billy.’ He said, ‘My dear Camille,’ Wyatt said.
Wyatt recalled the moment he first received the news of the Supreme Court’s decision.
“I didn’t tell anyone because it’s been a roller-coaster and so many people have come with information saying that he’s not going to be sentenced, he’s not going to be charged, he’s not going to be convicted…It’s emotionally and mentally draining,” he said.
He wanted to make sure that it was true before telling Camille.
“I called Mrs. Cosby and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this. They’ve vacated his entire conviction. They threw it out in perpetuity.’ And she said, ‘No, we need to check this.’”
Wyatt said that Cosby was sleeping in his cell when guards opened his door and told him to “Get up. You’re free.”
“He said, ‘I heard all these inmates shouting, kicking the doors, shouting ‘Get outta here Bill, Uncle Bill, the Godfather,’” Wyatt shared.
That night, Cosby told Wyatt that he did not want to sleep as he was scared that everything was just a dream.
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