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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction After Finding Prosecution Violated Cosby's Fifth Amendment Rights

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction After Finding Prosecution Violated Cosby's Fifth Amendment Rights
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Conviction After Finding Prosecution Violated Cosby's Fifth Amendment Rights

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Published June 30, 2021

Published June 30, 2021

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the sexual assault conviction of Bill Cosby today after finding that errors made by various prosecutors made his conviction invalid. Cosby, 83, had served two years of his 10-year sentence for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004.
"Cosby's convictions and judgment of sentence are vacated, and he is discharged," wrote the court.

The court found that a key piece of evidence used against Cosby—his 2005 deposition in Constand's lawsuit against him, in which he admitted to purchasing quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with—was given by Cosby after the prosecutor in that case agreed to not pursue sexual assault charges against Cosby. The court decided that using that deposition as evidence in the 2018 trial that led to his conviction had essentially violated Cosby's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Ironically, the prosecutor that made the deal was Bruce Castor, the lawyer who defended Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.

The court also found that testimony from other alleged victims of Cosby was immaterial to the Constand case, though a lower appeals court had deemed it fair to establish a pattern of behavior.

The decision appalled social media users, who viewed it as a failure of the justice system.


Prosecutors have yet to comment on whether or not they will appeal the decision or seek to try Cosby again.


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