Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned After Spending Two Years in Prison

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Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned After Spending Two Years in Prison

By: Alyssa Wilson WARNING: This story contains information about sexual assault. The sexual assault conviction for actor and comedian Bill Cosby has been overturned by Pennsylvania's highest court on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Cosby served more than two years of the sentence, set to last three to ten years at a state prison. The 83-year-old actor was convicted of drugging and molesting an employee of Temple University at his suburban estate. RELATED: Bill Cosby denied parole for not completing a sex offenders program in prison He was arrested days before the 12-year statue of limitations expired, and was then subsequently charged in 2015. The jury deadlocked in the first trial […]

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