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Jun 22, 2022

Bill Cosby sexually abused teen in 1975, civil jury finds

Jurors at a civil trial found that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975.

Jun 16, 2022

Cosby lawyer urges jurors to consider only proof from trial

A lawyer for Bill Cosby told jurors they need to look past years of public accusations against the actor and comedian and consider only the evidence.

Jun 1, 2022

Bill Cosby used safe spaces to sexually abuse teen girl, lawyer claims

Bill Cosby used friendly spaces to give 16-year-old Judy Huth a sense of safety before sexually abusing her, Huth's lawyer said in a civil trial.

Mar 7, 2022

Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby

The U.S. Supreme Court announced without comment that it would not review Bill Cosby's sexual assault case, leaving him a free man.

Feb 7, 2022

Human Rights Campaign faces racial bias allegation

Welcome to Monday, the 118th anniversary of the Great Baltimore Fire. Here are some more news items. — Fired Human Rights Campaign president sues the group for alleged racial bias. — Tunisia’s president takes aim at nation’s judiciary. — Bill Cosby invokes the Fifth Amendment again. — Was Sarah Palin harmed by a New York […]

Bill Cosby, center, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, right, approach members of the media gathered outside Cosby's home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Nov 30, 2021

Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore sexual assault conviction

Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.

Bill Cosby, center, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, right, approach members of the media gathered outside Cosby's home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Oct 14, 2021

Artist sues newly freed Bill Cosby over 1990 hotel encounter

A prominent Bill Cosby accuser filed suit Thursday against the actor over a 1990 hotel room encounter in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Bill Cosby, center, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, right, approach members of the media gathered outside Cosby's home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Jun 30, 2021

Bill Cosby sexual assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court

Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and opened the way for his immediate release from prison Wednesday, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor's agreement not to charge Cosby.

Dec 10, 2019

Bill Cosby sex assault verdict is upheld

Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. In its ruling, the Superior Court affirmed the right of prosecutors to call other accusers to bolster their case — the same issue fought over in movie […]

Jul 26, 2019

Prosecutors defending Cosby conviction point to a ‘signature’ crime

Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month call the accusations from other women no coincidence, but “the culmination of a decades-long pattern of behavior.” Cosby, a long-beloved actor and comedian, was convicted in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. He turned 82 this month while serving […]

Sep 25, 2018

Cosby gets to 3 to 10 years for 2004 sex assault

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led off to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. The punishment made him the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison […]

Sep 24, 2018

Cosby prosecutor asks for 5-10 years in prison

Prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence Bill Cosby to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while his lawyer argued that the 81-year-old comedian is too old and frail to serve time behind bars.

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