Bill Cosby will be able to plead his case on appeal, as announced by CBS Philly. The creator of the Cosby Show has been serving a sentence of three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault on Andrea Constand since 2018, facts dating back to 2004. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review several aspects of the case, including the agreement that he signed with a prosecutor in 2005, according to which he would not be prosecuted if he agreed to be heard. At that time, Andrea Constand had sued the actor in civil.
Bill Cosby's appeal of his 2018 sex crimes conviction has been accepted by Pennsylvania Supreme Court https://t.co/yW84sjInMr
- USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 23, 2020During his 2018 trial, Bill Cosby also tried to have several women barred from testifying against him for similar facts. At issue: the previous year, the judge had accepted only one testimony. In the meantime, the Weinstein case came out, and five testimonies were finally accepted at the stand.
Removed from the Sex Offender List?
Bill Cosby's lawyer, Brian W. Perry, says his client has in fact become "presumed guilty". His legal advisers also demand that the actor be removed from the list of sex offenders.
Meanwhile, as anti-racism protests have grown worldwide, spokesman for the 82-year-old comedian Andrew Wyatt says the "false conviction of Bill Cosby goes far beyond his personal case - it s is the destruction of ALL black and colored people in America. "
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