Bill Cosby Released From Prison After Court Overturns Conviction
Written by SOURCE on June 30, 2021
Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction has been overturned by Pennsylvania’s highest court, resulting in the comedian being released from prison.
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said they found that an agreement with a prior prosecutor prevented charging in this case. Per the Associated Press, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court argued testimony from additional accusers in Cosby’s retrial had “tainted” the proceedings, even though a lower court had found the added testimony to be appropriate in showing a pattern of assault.
Cosby, 83, has been behind bars for a little over two years in a state prison near Philadelphia. He was convicted of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand, who was working for Temple University’s women’s basketball team at the time of the 2004 assault. The three resulting charges for which Cosby was later found guilty were handed down in late 2015. Cosby was ultimately charged mere days before the statute of limitations ran out, with excerpts from a civil case deposition being used against the disgraced comedian during trial.
