Bill Cosby denied parole after refusing to participate in sex offender programs in Pennsylvania prison
3 years, 7 months ago

Bill Cosby denied parole after refusing to participate in sex offender programs in Pennsylvania prison

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This is the first year Bill Cosby was eligible for parole under the three- to 10-year sentence handed down after his 2018 conviction. Bill Cosby won’t be paroled this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programs during his nearly three years in state prison in Pennsylvania. Cosby spokesperson Andrew Wyatt called the decision “appalling” and said Cosby “vehemently proclaims his innocence.” Cosby meanwhile hopes the state Supreme Court, which heard his appeal in December, will reverse his conviction in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Cosby’s lawyers say the trial was flawed because five other accusers were allowed to testify to support the sexual assault complaint filed by a former Temple University basketball team manager.

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Bill Cosby, 85, seen in public for the first time since his June 2021 release from prison
1 year, 9 months ago

Bill Cosby, 85, seen in public for the first time since his June 2021 release from prison

Daily Mail  

Bill Cosby was out and about in New York City on Wednesday - his first public outing since being released from prison nearly two years ago. Bill Cosby is pictured on Wednesday in midtown Manhattan - the first sighing of the 85-year-old since his release from prison in June 2021 Cosby was leaning on an aide and walking with a …

Bill Cosby Faces Sex Abuse Allegations Again As Civil Trial Opens
2 years, 7 months ago

Bill Cosby Faces Sex Abuse Allegations Again As Civil Trial Opens

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Bill Cosby will again be facing sex abuse allegations Wednesday as attorneys give opening statements in a civil trial that’s one of the last remaining legal claims against the comedian. Cosby’s attorneys, who say no sexual abuse happened, are likely to emphasize that the burden of proving the nearly 50-year-old case lies entirely …

Supreme Court Won't Review Decision Freeing Bill Cosby From Prison
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Won't Review Decision Freeing Bill Cosby From Prison

Huff Post  

Bill Cosby reacts outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30,2021 after being released from prison. via Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday without comment that it would not review Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case, leaving him a free man and ending a two-decade legal drama that shifted the cultural landscape, destroyed the groundbreaking …

Artist sues newly freed Bill Cosby over 1990 hotel encounter
3 years, 3 months ago

Artist sues newly freed Bill Cosby over 1990 hotel encounter

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — A prominent Bill Cosby accuser filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, New Jersey, before the state’s two-year window to file older sexual assault claims expires. The 84-year-old Cosby has been free since June, when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction in another case on procedural …

Artist sues newly freed Bill Cosby over 1990 hotel encounter
3 years, 3 months ago

Artist sues newly freed Bill Cosby over 1990 hotel encounter

New Indian Express  

PHILADELPHIA: A prominent Bill Cosby accuser filed suit Thursday, October 14, 2021, against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, New Jersey, before the state's two-year window to file older sexual assault claims expires. The 84-year-old Cosby has been free since June, when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction in another case …

Why Bill Cosby's conviction was overturned. Explained
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Bill Cosby's conviction was overturned. Explained

India TV News  

Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction was thrown out Wednesday by Pennsylvania's highest court in a ruling that swiftly freed the actor from prison more than three years after he was found guilty of drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia mansion. The split court found that Cosby was unfairly prosecuted because the previous district attorney …

Bill Cosby: Lisa Wilkinson's impassioned speech to sexual assault victims
3 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby: Lisa Wilkinson's impassioned speech to sexual assault victims

Daily Mail  

The Project host Lisa Wilkinson has shared her frustration that disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby was freed from prison on a technicality. The 61-year-old gave an impassioned speech to victims of sexual assault on Thursday after news broke that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had released Cosby, 83, from prison following his 2018 sexual assault conviction. Speaking out: The Project host Lisa …

Bill Cosby released from prison after sexual assault conviction overturned
3 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby released from prison after sexual assault conviction overturned

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The court ruling on Wednesday resulted from an …

Bill Cosby freed from prison after court overturns sex assault conviction
3 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby freed from prison after court overturns sex assault conviction

LA Times  

Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania high court ruled the sex assault case against him violated an earlier deal with prosecutors. Bill Cosby was freed from prison Wednesday after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, a stunning turnaround in a case that had marked the first high-profile celebrity trial of the #MeToo movement. At the …

Bill Cosby released: Timeline of sexual assault scandal
3 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby released: Timeline of sexual assault scandal

LA Times  

The overturning of Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction may be the most shocking chapter yet in the saga of the legendary entertainer who was once hailed as “America’s dad.” Cosby had been found guilty on three counts of aggravated assault stemming from a 2004 encounter at his Cheltenham, Pa., mansion with Andrea Constand, a former Temple University women’s basketball …

Bill Cosby released after court overturns sex assault conviction
3 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby released after court overturns sex assault conviction

Al Jazeera  

Pennsylvania’s highest court says an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. Bill Cosby has been released from prison on Wednesday after the US State of Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sex assault conviction, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Justice David Wecht, writing for a split court, said Cosby had relied on …

Photos: Bill Cosby freed from prison after court overturns sex assault conviction
3 years, 6 months ago

Photos: Bill Cosby freed from prison after court overturns sex assault conviction

LA Times  

Bill Cosby was freed from prison Wednesday after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault conviction, a stunning reversal in a case that marked the first celebrity trial in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Bill Cosby, second from left, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, third from left, approach members of the media gathered outside Cosby’s home June 30. Bill Cosby …

Bill Cosby sex assault conviction appeal goes to state top court
4 years, 1 month ago

Bill Cosby sex assault conviction appeal goes to state top court

Al Jazeera  

Pennsylvania’s highest court questioned Tuesday whether Bill Cosby’s alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assaults involve drugs or alcohol. Cosby, 83, hopes to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction because the judge let prosecutors call five other accusers who said …

Bill Cosby granted appeal in 2018 sexual assault conviction
4 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby granted appeal in 2018 sexual assault conviction

The Independent  

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Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case
4 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case

Al Jazeera  

Cosby has been in prison for nearly 2 years after being convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Dozens of other accusers had come forward …

Bill Cosby’s wife hasn’t visited him in prison — and that’s how he wants it
5 years, 6 months ago

Bill Cosby’s wife hasn’t visited him in prison — and that’s how he wants it

LA Times  

A handcuffed Bill Cosby is escorted out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, Pa., in September 2018 after being sentenced for sexual assault. “He feels that when he left home, he left home the day of the sentencing as Bill Cosby, not as NN7687, the number they have given him, and he wants his family to see him …

Judge: Cosby accusers’ testimony points to ‘signature’ crime
5 years, 8 months ago

Judge: Cosby accusers’ testimony points to ‘signature’ crime

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — The judge who presided over Bill Cosby’s criminal case said he let five other accusers testify at the sex-assault trial because their accounts had “chilling similarities” that pointed to a “signature” crime. “These chilling similarities rendered testimony admissible.” O’Neill had allowed just one other accuser to testify at Cosby’s first trial in June 2017, when a jury deadlock …

Commentary: Bill Cosby in handcuffs, Brett Kavanaugh questioned: Why this is more than a #MeToo moment
6 years, 3 months ago

Commentary: Bill Cosby in handcuffs, Brett Kavanaugh questioned: Why this is more than a #MeToo moment

LA Times  

Television Critic In the most visually stunning moment of the #MeToo era, former American icon Bill Cosby was led away from a Pennsylvania courtroom in handcuffs Tuesday. Judge Steven O’Neill referred to Cosby as a “sexually violent predator” while sentencing him for the 2004 assault of Andrea Constand on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, which he was convicted of …

Bill Cosby Faces 5-10 Years in Jail for Sexual Assault
6 years, 3 months ago

Bill Cosby Faces 5-10 Years in Jail for Sexual Assault

The Quint  

"We know that from the statements he made. Cosby, the first high-profile American celebrity to be convicted in the #MeToo era, should be locked up for as long as a decade and be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life, prosecutors said. The sentence was expected to come on Tuesday after Judge Steven T. …

Cosby sentenced to 3-10 years, deemed ‘sexually violent predator’
6 years, 3 months ago

Cosby sentenced to 3-10 years, deemed ‘sexually violent predator’

Al Jazeera  

Cosby was convicted in April of drugging and sexually assaulting one-time friend Andrea Constand in 2004. Pennsylvania Judge Steven O’Neill also deemed Cosby a “sexually violent predator”, meaning that he must undergo monthly counselling for the rest of his life and report quarterly to authorities. Cosby’s lawyers had also fought the “sexually violent predator” designation, arguing that Pennsylvania’s sex-offender law …

Celebrity comedian Bill Cosby in court for sentencing in sexual assault case
6 years, 3 months ago

Celebrity comedian Bill Cosby in court for sentencing in sexual assault case

Hindustan Times  

Bill Cosby and his chief accuser arrived at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Monday for the start of a sentencing hearing that will determine how the 81-year-old comedian will be punished for drugging and sexually assaulting her more than 14 years ago. At the end of the potentially two-day hearing, Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill could sentence Cosby to as …

Bill Cosby's sentencing for aggravated indecent assault begins today
6 years, 3 months ago

Bill Cosby's sentencing for aggravated indecent assault begins today

Daily Mail  

Bill Cosby's sentencing for three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, 45, begins today in Philadelphia with an outcome expected as soon as tomorrow. Bill Cosby's sentencing for three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, 45, begins today with an outcome expected as soon as tomorrow Levenson told NBC that this may not be the case …

Cosby accusers say they hope he is sentenced to jail time
6 years, 3 months ago

Cosby accusers say they hope he is sentenced to jail time

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Two of the women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault decades ago said Sunday they hope he will be sentenced to prison time this week. “I really think it’s important that he spend some time behind bars,” said Lublin, who said Cosby assaulted her when she was 23 in 1989. “He deserves every year.” Lasha said …

Cosby lawyers fight testimony of other women at sentencing
6 years, 4 months ago

Cosby lawyers fight testimony of other women at sentencing

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby’s lawyers will fight a prosecution bid to have other accusers testify at his sentencing this month on felony sex assault charges. Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt last week called the prosecution effort “another publicity stunt.” Judge Steven T. O’Neill has set aside two days for the sentencing hearing. The defense also plans to fight a state board’s …

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