Reports: Bill Cosby to embark on motivational speaking tour

According to Deadline.com and other outlets, Bill Cosby may be headed to a theater, town hall or church near you as the actor is apparently planning a motivational speaking tour. The announcement comes on the heels of the mistrial declaration in his sex assault trial. The topic of the tour is how to “warn young athletes and even ‘married men’ about the dangers of sex crime allegations.”

Tour stops may include Chicago, Birmingham, Ala., and Detroit, among other cities, according to the story.

“This issue can affect any young person, especially young athletes of today, and they need to know what they’re facing when they’re hanging out and partying, when they’re doing certain things that they shouldn’t be doing,” Wyatt told Good Day Alabama in an interview Wednesday.

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The reaction on Twitter was swift: