
Bill Cosby released from prison after court overturns conviction
Cosby, 83, was convicted of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, at his home in 2004.
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Cosby, 83, was convicted of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, at his home in 2004.
Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out his sexual assault conviction. Jericka Duncan has the latest.
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has overturned Bill Cosby's conviction for sexual assault and ordered him released from prison, saying an earlier agreement with prosecutors should have prevented charges in the case. CBS News legal contributor Keir Dougall joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to explain the latest developments.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned Bill Cosby's conviction on sexual assault charges and ordered him released from prison, where he was serving a 10-year sentence. CBSN's Tanya Rivero has the breaking news.
The 83-year-old has long said he would resist treatment programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing.
Cosby, 83, hopes to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction because the judge let prosecutors call five other accusers who said Cosby mistreated them the same way he did his victim, Andrea Constand.
After years of maintaining his innocence, Bill Cosby is appealing his sex assault conviction in Pennsylvania. Lawyers for the comedian are arguing that several of his accusers should not have been allowed to testify at his trial and that a former district attorney's promise of immunity should stand. CBS News legal expert and analyst Rikki Klieman breaks down Cosby's case.
In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, Pennsylvania's highest court will review the trial decision to let five other accusers testify at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in 2018, which ended with the longtime TV star's conviction. CBSN Philly reports.
Cosby, 82, has been imprisoned in suburban Philadelphia for nearly two years after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. He's serving a three- to 10-year sentence.
"If you would have told me 30 years ago that I would be this boring, stay-at-home house dad and Bill Cosby would be in jail, even I would have taken that bet," Murphy said during his opening monologue.
Approximately 60 women have accused Cosby of drugging and violating them over the past 50 years
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Cosby is currently serving a multi-year prison sentence for drugging and assaulting a woman over a decade ago
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"I hope that this video will empower people, empower victims of sexual assault to speak out and choose whatever format they can to heal because music is one of the most effective artforms," said one of the women in the video
The disgraced comedian was convicted of drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004
Lawyers argue trial judge made a series of errors, including declaring the comedian a sexually violent predator
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A judge sentenced Bill Cosby to three to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home nearly 15 years ago. More than 60 women have accused Cosby of assaulting them. CBS News' Jericka Duncan spoke with one of the prosecutors, Kristen Feden, who traveled to Toronto three years ago to interview Constand when the district attorney was considering re-opening the case. Early on in the investigation, she pressed the district attorney's office to charge Cosby and if not for her, the DA said his team would not have gotten the conviction.
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