Bill Cosby has released his first video message since nearly three dozen women accused him of sexual assault and has insisted : ' I 'm far from finished . ' In the 10-second video , which ABC News showed on Monday morning , the embattled comedian can be seen speaking on the phone as he encourages someone to come to one of his shows . 'You know I 'll be hilarious , ' he says in the clip , in which he wears his pajamas . 'Ca n't wait . ' He also released a short message accompanying the video . 'Dear Fans , I hope you enjoy my wonderful video message that 's filled with LAUGHTER , ' he said in the statement , shared by ABC News . 'Hey hey hey , I 'm Far From Finished . ' Scroll down for video . Speaking out : Bill Cosby has released a 10-second clip showing him speaking on the phone and encouraging someone to come to his show , saying : 'You 'll know I 'll be hilarious ' The statement echoes earlier messages that he has released to the public . He made no direct reference to the accusations or the scores of women making them , but the 77-year-old comedian has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing . It comes as Cosby continues to tour the U.S. with his stand-up comedy show . His next appearances are in Wheeling , West Virginia and Lexington , Kentucky this weekend . Although the shows have continued to attract fans , they have also garnered protesters . Among the demonstrations , 100 people stood outside a Denver theater in January shouting : 'Rape is no joke ! ' Cosby has also canceled or postponed more than a dozen performances amid the allegations , many of which exceed the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution . Just last week , Jennifer K. 'Kaya ' Thompson joined the 35 other women who have made claims of sexual assault against the The Cosby Show star to say she had also been assaulted by him . She says the beloved actor pressured her into performing a sexual act on him when she was a 17-year-old aspiring model in 1988 . She had met him through her New York modeling agency . When Ms Thompson 's story was originally revealed in November 2014 , Cosby 's lawyer Marty Singer called it 'absurd ' to publish an 'unsubstantiated story from this anonymous person ' . Promotion : Cosby , pictured on stage in Florida last November , promoted his live shows in the video . Speaking out : Last week , Jewell Allison , pictured left with Cosby and right today , wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post how she felt pressure as an African-American not to tell anyone about the abuse . And in an op-ed published on Friday , former model Jewel Allison detailed how Cosby invited her to dinner and slipped something into her wine , before grabbing her hand and putting it on his genitals . As an African-American woman she said she felt pressure not to speak out , she said . 'Telling my story would n't only help bring down Cosby ; I feared it would undermine the entire African American community , ' she wrote . Last month , Cosby 's lawyers asked a federal judge to toss out a defamation lawsuit filed by three women - Tamara Green , Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz - accusing him of sexual offenses . Tamara Green , a 56-year-old California lawyer , says Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in her Los Angeles-area apartment in the early 1970s . Therese Serignese says Cosby drugged and raped her in a dressing room after a show in Las Vegas around 1976 , while Linda Traitz alleges he tried to drug her and then groped her on a Southern California beach in about 1970 . The former star of The Cosby Show has n't been charged with any crime . In their defamation lawsuit , the accusers , all of whom have stepped forward in recent years to detail the alleged abuse , said Cosby 's representatives publicly branded them as liars while trying to defend his innocence . Support : Cosby 's wife Camille , pictured in November , is standing by her man amid the multiple accusations . But Cosby 's lawyers said the actor was merely acting in self-defense as his character was under attack . 'The law does not require that one stand idly by while he is publicly attacked , ' the lawyers argued in their 38-page filing . 'Instead the law entitles an individual who is accused of serious wrongdoing to rebut the allegations without facing defamation claims . ' Joseph Cammarata , a lawyer for the three accusers , said his clients disagree with that position . 'We believe that the law provides that when you make a public statement about an individual , it must be truthful , ' he said . 'We look forward to an opportunity to have the truth tried by a jury who can ultimately determine which of the parties was being truthful . ' Lawyers for the three accusers have until March 20 to file a reply to Cosby 's motion to dismiss the suit .
In the short clip , the beleaguered comedian speaks on the phone to someone about his stand-up show , saying : 'You know I 'll be hilarious ' He also released a statement saying : 'Hey , hey , hey , I 'm far from finished ' More than 30 women have now accused Cosby of unwanted sexual advances but he has denied any wrongdoing . He continues to tour the U.S. but some of his shows have been canceled or have been met with protests from women 's groups .