Bill Cosby Will Stay Out Of Prison! US Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Of Overturned Rape Conviction -- Will More Go Free??
07.03.2022 - 21:39
/ perezhilton.com
Bill Cosby will remain free following a decision by the United States Supreme Court not to weigh in on the Pennsylvania court ruling that initially released him from prison following his prior conviction.
According to media reports, the longtime former sitcom star will not be at risk of possibly going back to prison after SCOTUS decided not to hear appeals in the case regarding his previously overturned sexual assault conviction.
According to news reports, SCOTUS voted 4-3 on Monday to “leave in place” last summer’s ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that freed the comedian from his prison sentence. The decision was released “without comment” so we have no idea why they came down on that side — though clearly it was controversial inside the court as well, since the vote was 4-3.
The controversial decision to nullify the verdict came about amid Cosby’s time in prison following his 2018 conviction for the aggravated indecent assault of Andrea Constand.
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At the time, last summer, the PA Supreme Court had ruled that Cosby’s right to due process was violated when prosecutors in the case ignored the deal a previous District Attorney had made not to go after the disgraced TV star in exchange for sitting down for a deposition in Constand’s civil suit.
Following the overturned ruling, Cosby’s prosecutors had asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in the case, but on Monday, the highest court in the land officially declined to do so. That would appear to be the end of the story on this one, then, as Cosby is officially “free and clear” regarding criminal liability, as TMZ notes.
There are still legal battles to be fought, though, as Cosby