Bill Cosby To Leave Prison After Court Overturns Sex Assault Conviction
June 30, 2021 1:55PM EDT
NORRISTOWN, PA – APRIL 26: Bill Cosby (C) departs the Montgomery County Courthouse with his publicist, Andrew Wyatt, after being found guilty on all counts in his sexual assault retrial on April 26, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Cosby was found guilty on all accounts after a former Temple University employee alleges that the entertainer drugged and molested her in 2004 at his home in suburban Philadelphia. More than 40 women have accused the 80 year old entertainer of sexual assault. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction.
The court agreed with a previous prosecutor that prevented Cosby from being charged in the case.
The court said the prosecution’s decision not to charge him allowed for Cosby to speak freely in a lawsuit against him and that testimony was key in his conviction years ago.
Cosby served more than 2 years of a 3-10 year sentence.
He vowed to serve all 10 years rather than apologize.
