NewsProsecutor wants to challenge Bill Cosby's release

Prosecutor wants to challenge Bill Cosby's release

It wasn’t until June that a court overturned US actor Bill Cosby’s conviction of sexual assault and released him. Now the responsible public prosecutor is daring a new attempt.

Philadelphia – Around six months after the surprising release of actor Bill Cosby (84), the responsible public prosecutor wants to challenge this decision with the help of the highest US court.

A corresponding petition had been handed over to the Surpreme Court, said the prosecutor in Montgomery County in the US state of Pennsylvania on Monday. It was not yet clear whether the Surpreme Court would really deal with the case. The court rejects the vast majority of such petitions.

Cosby was sentenced to a minimum of three and a maximum of ten years imprisonment for sexual assault in 2018. More than 60 women had accused the actor and comedian of various kinds of sexual assault. The entertainer had always denied the allegations.

After Cosby had spent around three years in prison, the highest court in Pennsylvania surprisingly overturned his conviction in June – and the actor was released. Due to an agreement with a prosecutor previously involved in the case, Cosby should not have been charged in this matter, the court argued. dpa

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