Bill Cosby loses appeal after sexual assault conviction (Vanguard)

US comedian Bill Cosby, who is serving a three and a half year jail sentence, on Tuesday, lost his appeal against his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago.

Cosby had appealed to Pennsylvania’s Superior Court, which issued a 94-page ruling upholding his conviction. He could now take his case to the state’s Supreme Court.

The 82-year-old, who shattered racial barriers with his role as a dad and doctor on the hit TV series The Cosby Show, (1984-1992), was found guilty in 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia mansion. Read more

Exit mobile version