Bill Cosby Prosecutors Take Case To US Supreme Court (November 2021)
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, keeping in place a decision by Pennsylvania’s highest court to overturn his conviction and release him, according to The Daily Mail.
The Supreme Court declined prosecutors’ request to hear the case and reinstate Cosby’s conviction.
Last year, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Cosby’s conviction, ruling that the prosecutor who filed the case was bound by his predecessor’s promise not to charge Cosby.
In rejecting the case, the Supreme Court did not say anything, as is customary.
The case was among a long list of cases that the court indicated it would not consider on Monday.
On Monday, Cosby’s spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt, issued a statement expressing gratitude for the decision.
‘On behalf of Mr. & Mrs. Cosby and the Cosby family, we would like to offer our sincere gratitude to the justices of the United States Supreme Court for following the rules of law and protecting the Constitutional Rights of ALL American Citizens of these United States.
‘Mr. Cosby’s Constitutional Rights were a “reprehensible bait and switch” by Kevin Steele, Judge Steve T. O’Neill and their cohorts.
‘This is truly a victory for Mr. Cosby but it shows that cheating will never get you far in life and the corruption that lies within Montgomery County District’s Attorney Office has been brought to the center stage of the world. Thank you very much,’ he said.
Cosby was imprisoned for nearly three years before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered his release.
