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Bill Cosby Loses Appeal In Court

By Modupeoluwa Adekanye
10 December 2019   |   6:33 pm
    Bill Cosby's effort to get his sexual assault conviction overturned has been denied in court. Cosby's claims about unfair testimony in the Andrea Constand case were ruled invalid. Cosby felt the testimony from 5 other women was bogus because their allegations were more than 15 years old and too different from Constand's allegations…

 

 

Bill Cosby’s effort to get his sexual assault conviction overturned has been denied in court. Cosby’s claims about unfair testimony in the Andrea Constand case were ruled invalid.

Cosby felt the testimony from 5 other women was bogus because their allegations were more than 15 years old and too different from Constand’s allegations according to TMZ.

However, the appellate court ruled that the testimony from the women was warranted because it established Cosby’s “unique sexual assault playbook” and spells out exactly what it was.

According to the documents, Cosby would target women substantially younger than him, invite them to hang out, get them to trust him because of his celebrity status, ply them with intoxicants and then sexually assault them while they were not fully conscious.

The appellate court ruled the trial court in Cosby’s case did nothing wrong, and the testimony established the disgraced comedian’s predictable pattern of behavior.

The court also rejected additional arguments by Cosby, including his long-held stance that he had a deal with the D.A. not to prosecute him.

82-year-old Cosby was sentenced to 3 to 10 years for sexually assaulting Constand at his home his 2004.

 

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