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Cosby's Sex Assault Conviction Goes Before High-Level Court
Pennsylvania’s highest court has questioned whether Bill Cosby’s alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young woman amounted to a “signature” crime pattern
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Key Question in Cosby Appeal: Does Defendant's Past Matter?
In taking Bill Cosby’s appeal of his sexual assault conviction, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appears eager to clear up the law on when a jury should hear about someone’s past
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Bill Cosby, Now 83, Grins in Newly Released Prison Mug Shot
A new prison mug shot shows Bill Cosby smiling with a disposable mask hanging off his face
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Cosby Sex Assault Appeal Takes on Non-Prosecution Deal
Bill Cosby’s lawyers are arguing in a new appeals filing that it was “fundamentally unfair” to let prosecutors use Cosby’s damaging deposition from a sex accuser’s lawsuit against him at trial
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Cosby Citing Systemic Racism as He Fights Assault Conviction
Bill Cosby has long championed personal responsibility in the Black community
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Bill Cosby Granted Appeal in Pa. Sex Assault Case
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.
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Cosby Prosecutors Defend Accusers' Testimony, Fight Appeal
Prosecutors who won a conviction in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case are defending their work as they fight the imprisoned actor’s latest appeal
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Bill Cosby Asks Pennsylvania High Court to Review Conviction
Comedian Bill Cosby filed an appeal Thursday of a court decision last month that upheld his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home....
...The latest appeal — filed with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which does not have to take the case — focuses on four key trial issues, including the judge’s decision to let five other accusers...
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Bill Cosby's Publicist Slams Eddie Murphy, Calls Him a ‘Hollywood Slave' for ‘SNL' Monologue
Bill Cosby’s publicist had harsh words for comedian and actor Eddie Murphy, calling him a “Hollywood slave” for his comments on Cosby during his SNL monologue.
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Bill Cosby Loses Appeal of Sex Assault Conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday over issues including the trial judge’s decision to let five other accusers testify. The Superior Court ruling was being closely watched because Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era. The same issue was hard-fought in pretrial hearings before movie...
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From Prison, Convicted Sex Offender Bill Cosby Says He's a Political Prisoner for ‘Trying to Humanize All Races'
In his first message from prison, the 81-year-old told NBC10’s Erin Coleman that he is a victim of “entrapment” carried out by a “low-life District Attorney” and “corrupt Judge.”
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Bill Cosby Vows No Remorse, Expects to Serve 10-year Maximum
Bill Cosby says he’s prepared to serve his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault rather than show remorse for a crime the comedian says he didn’t commit.
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Disgraced Comedian Louis CK Is Going on a World Tour — What Does This Mean for Cancel Culture?
It’s been two years since comedian Louis CK admitted in the New York Times that the allegations of lewd behavior made about him by several women were true. He said in the statement that he planned to “step back and take a long time to listen,” but the Times reported on Nov. 2 that the comedian is embarking on a...
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Bill Cosby Hit With $2.75M Legal Bill After Losing Dispute
Bill Cosby has been hit with a $2.75 million legal bill as he marks the end of his first year in prison. The 82-year-old Cosby had challenged a California arbitration award that upheld nearly $7 million of a $9 million bill submitted by just one firm in the run-up to his first sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania in 2017.
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Cosby Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Toss #MeToo Conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as his lawyers asked the panel to overturn his sexual assault conviction. Cosby, 82, is serving a three- to 10-year prison term for drugging and molesting a woman at his home in what became the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
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Cosby Accuser Janice Dickinson Says Settlement Deal Brings Some Justice
Model Janice Dickinson calls settling a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby a “victory” that brings a “measure of justice” but says nothing can erase her assault by the now-imprisoned comedian.
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Cosby Files Appeal Over Testimony From Other Women Accusers
Bill Cosby has filed a lengthy appeal of the sex assault conviction that landed him in prison and says the judge allowed testimony from other women accusers that wasn’t relevant....
Cosby’s lawyers say the accounts from the five other women were “strikingly dissimilar” to that of trial accuser Andrea Constand and too remote in time to her 2004 encounter with... -
Bill Cosby Drops Defamation Claims Against 7 Accusers
Bill Cosby has dropped his countersuit against seven women who accused him of sexually assaulting them. Court papers filed Friday show the four-year defamation case in Massachusetts is now over. Cosby’s insurer had settled with the women last month for an undisclosed sum.
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Judge: Cosby Accusers' Testimony Pointed to ‘Signature' Crime
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.
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Harvey Weinstein's Trial Delayed Until September
Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial has been postponed until Sept. 9.
A New York City judge announced the delay Friday following a closed-door hearing that focused on trial strategy and potential witnesses.