Article 5KQFQ Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court

Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court

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  • Cosby has served two years of a 3-to-10-year sentence
  • Court says charges invalid because of prior deal with prosecutor

Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction on Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.

Cosby has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse over the 2004 encounter with accuser Andrea Constand.

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