Bill Cosby A Free Man For Now…Supreme Court leaves Cosby’s overturned conviction in place

When it comes to stories being told about celebrities in history books, or whatever kind of books, the story of Bill Cosby’s rise to fame and his unfathomable fall from grace, will be legendary.

But right now, Bill Cosby‘s breathing a deep sigh of relief — the U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to weigh in on the Pennsylvania ruling that set him free in 2021.

The Supreme Court voted 4-3 Monday to leave in place the PA Supreme Court’s decision from last summer … which nullified Cosby’s 2018 conviction for aggravated indecent assault of Andrea Constand. Cosby’s case was included in a long list of cases the Supreme Court would not hear released Monday.

Cosby was immediately released from the Pennsylvania prison where he’d been serving a 3 to 10-year sentence.

“The Cosby Show” star had vowed to serve his entire 10 year sentence and maintain his innocence.

“I have eight years and nine months left,” Cosby said during his first interview from prison in 2019.

“When I come up for parole, they’re not going to hear me say that I have remorse. I was there. I don’t care what group of people come along and talk about this when they weren’t there. They don’t know.”

The PA Supreme Court ruled Cosby’s right to due process had been violated, because prosecutors had ignored the deal the previous Montgomery County D.A. made to not prosecute Cosby if he sat for a deposition in Andrea’s civil case.

BILL COSBY IS FREE FOR NOW

He is still facing a lawsuit filed by Judy Huth for sexual battery.

Judy Huth has accused Cosby of assaulting her as a teenager at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion in 1974. The case was originally filed in 2014 but has been on hold since then. Cosby was summoned for a deposition in the case where he had refused to answer any questions. At the beginning of 2020, California civil law was amended to allow victims of childhood sex abuse to sue over very old events. Childhood assault survivors up until the age of 40 could file a civil lawsuit.

HISTORY

Cosby, 84, became the first celebrity convicted of sexual assault in the #MeToo era when a jury in 2018 found him guilty of drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. A jury had previously deadlocked in Cosby’s case, resulting in a mistrial in 2017.

Cosby, a groundbreaking Black actor who grew up in public housing in Philadelphia, made a fortune estimated at $400 million during his 50 years in the entertainment industry. His trademark clean comedy and homespun wisdom fueled popular TV shows, books and standup acts.

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