Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby’s legal team is hoping to secure a new trial after his conviction for sexual assault. According to Page Six, a statement from attorneys cites at least 11 “errors” they say the Pennsylvania judge in Cosby’s case made during a retrial earlier this year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cosby was sentenced to …
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers have asked a Pennsylvania court to overturn the actor’s conviction and three- to 10-year prison sentence because of what they call a string of errors in his sex assault case. The defense motion argued that trial Judge Steven O’Neill erred in declaring Cosby a sexually …
O.J. Simpson said that recently-jailed comedian Bill Cosby will need to be placed in protective custody because convicted sex offenders don’t fare well in prison. Simpson, 71, told TMZ that the “nature of the crime” Cosby committed—sex assault—would make him a target for violence. Cosby, 81, was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison …
Bill Cosby is headed to jail after a judge sentenced him to 3-10 years in prison for sex assault. The judge declared Cosby a “violent sexual predator” and he must now register as a sex offender. The former TV star and comedian’s mugshot has now been released. Keep Reading: SEE IT: Bill Cosby led …
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his gated estate. The punishment made …
Police are investigating after someone reportedly scribbled the words “serial rapist” in black marker on Bill Cosby’s star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department reportedly said they were informed of the vandalism at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. However, Officer Mike Lopez said it’s unclear when the message was penned, according to the Los …
Convicted sex assaulter Bill Cosby wants a judge to toss a defamation lawsuit against him because his accuser is a public figure and not a private person. The statute of limitations prevents criminal charges against Cosby for an alleged sex attack on actress Kathrine McKee in 1974, so Mckee filed the civil suit after Cosby …
Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby has asked the Supreme Court to deny a review of a defamation case filed by actress Kathrine McKee, who accused the comedian of rape. McKee first came forward with her story in December 2014, telling the New York Daily News that Cosby raped her in a Michigan, Detroit, hotel room in …
Embattled comedian Bill Cosby will be required to register as a sex offender in Massachusetts should he return to his estate in Shelburne Falls. The Boston Herald recently learned that Cosby’s April 26 conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent assault was enough for Massachusetts authorities to order the 81-year-old to register if he spends four days in …
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby will be sentenced Sept. 24 — five months after he was convicted of sexual assault. Judge Steven O’Neill set the date on Tuesday. Cosby’s lawyers had asked to delay sentencing until December. Cosby turns 81 in July and is likely to face a sentence of up to 10 years in …
Bill Cosby is still living in luxury in his own home despite having been found guilty on three counts of indecent sexual assault. The former funny man faces up to 30 years in prison once the judge who presided over his trial sentences him, but until then he is free. “I’m not simply going to …
