Bill Cosby

The Supreme Court will not review the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby after his conviction was overturned and he was freed from prison in ...

“We look forward to our client finally having her day in court and being afforded all of her rights in a California court of law. “He was released simply because a friendly prosecutor years ago didn’t have the courage Cosby’s victims had, to prosecute him,” Bloom continued. We appreciate the Court’s consideration.” “Although Mr. Cosby will not testify at our civil trial, our case will still proceed and our brave client and other witnesses will testify,” Allred said. That case stems from a lawsuit filed by Judy Huth, who accused Cosby of sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion when she was 15 in 1974. A former Montgomery County district attorney said he would not prosecute Cosby in 2005 in return for his testimony.

Prosecutors had appealed a ruling by an appellate panel in Pennsylvania which had overturned the conviction on due process grounds.

The second ended in April 2018, with a jury in Montgomery County convicting Mr. Cosby of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. For one thing, they said, the case involved a unique set of circumstances that did not necessarily raise far-reaching constitutional issues. But he held out the possibility of a civil action “with a much lower standard of proof.” Ms. Constand later received $3.38 million as part of a settlement in her civil case against Mr. Cosby. “The rest is out of our hands.” Mr. Cosby was first accused in 2005 of having molested Ms. Constand, then an employee of the Temple University basketball team for whom he had become a mentor. “All crime victims deserve to be heard, treated with respect and be supported through their day in court,” the statement continued. “It’s highly unlikely to be repeated.” But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled last June that Mr. Cosby’s due process rights had been violated when the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office pursued a criminal case against him despite what the appellate court found was a binding verbal promise not to prosecute given to him by a previous district attorney. Prosecutors had argued that such a promise had never been made. “It’s a very unique set of circumstances,” he said. A spokesman for Mr. Cosby, Andrew Wyatt, welcomed the decision Monday, saying in a statement that the entertainer and his family “would like to offer our sincere gratitude to the justices of the United States Supreme Court for following the rules of law and protecting the Constitutional Rights of ALL American Citizens.” But in a 6-to-1 ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that Mr. Cosby had, in fact, relied on Mr. Castor’s assurances that he wouldn’t be prosecuted, and that charging Mr. Cosby and using his testimony concerning drugs at the criminal trial had violated his due process rights.