Bill Cosby free
Pennsylvania Supreme Court throws out Bill Cosby conviction, orders him released from prison NEWS CHRIS FIELD June 30, 2021 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Billy Cosby's 2019 sexual assault conviction Wednesday and ordered the actor-comedian to be released from prison, the Associated Press reported Wednesday afternoon. The court took the added step of barring future prosecutions on the charges, the Philadelphia Inquirer said . Cosby, 83, has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence for his conviction on charges that he drugged and sexually molested Andrea Constand in 2004. The case began in 2005 after Constand went to then-Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor with her allegations. Castor ultimately declined to file charges against Cosby in the case and reached an agreement with the comedian not to prosecute, the court noted. Castor's stuck a deal with Cosby's lawyers that he would not prosecute on Constand's assault