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Bill Cosby’s accusers, activists and even fans are reacting to news that the comedian’s sexual assault conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday.
As previously reported, the court vacated Cosby’s indecent assault conviction after agreeing last year to hear two points in Cosby’s appeal. Cosby, 83, was sentenced in 2018 to three to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of three counts of indecent assault and battery for sexually assaulting and drugging
Andrea Constand in 2004.
The state’s Supreme Court found that Cosby, who was released on Wednesday after serving over two years of his sentence, should not have been charged or sentenced in the 2018 Constand case due to the fact that he had previously made a deal with a prosecutor in Constand’s 2005 civil lawsuit.
Comedian Bill Cosby has been released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated the indecent assault conviction against him.
Cosby who was once beloved as “America’s Dad,” was charged in 2015 when a prosecutor armed with new evidence arrested him days before the 12-year statute of limitations expired.
In April 2018, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in Cheltenham, outside Philadelphia.
Constand, who had been working for the women’s basketball team at Temple University, also settled her civil suit with Cosby for $3.38 million.
Bill Cosby rape accuser Janice Dickinson is seen moments after disgraced comedian s sexual assault conviction was overturned: Says she is disgusted in PA Supreme Court s decision to free him
Janice Dickinson was seen looking appalled after hearing the news about Bill Cosby s release from prison three years into his 10-year sentence
The attorney for Dickinson, who accused Cosby of sexual assault, released a statement on Twitter saying that she was disgusted by the news
Dickinson, 66, testified in Cosby s 2018 trial and said that he sexually assaulted her in 1982 when she was 27
The disgraced comedian left prison Wednesday after serving less than 3 years for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in Pennsylvania in 2004
Bill Cosby, center, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, right, approach members of the media gathered outside the home of the entertainer in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30. Pennsylvania s highest court has overturned comedian Cosby s sex assault conviction. The 83-year-old Cosby had served more than two years at the state prison near Philadelphia and was released.
Updated June 30, 2021 at 5:36 PM ET
Comedian Bill Cosby has been released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated the indecent assault conviction against him.
The court s decision upends the long-running legal battle against the once-beloved actor, whose conviction marked a major milestone in the #MeToo movement after he was accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women stretching back decades.