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The Supreme Court Announces That They Will Not Review Bill Cosby’s Overturned Conviction (Update)

<p>Last year&comma; Pennsylvania prosecutors asked the Supreme Court to review Bill Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s overturned conviction in his sexual assault case&period; On Monday&comma; the court reached a decision and decided not to review the case&comma; leaving in place the previous decision made by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;article&sol;bill-cosby-supreme-court-fcee33c9b309e0e5253b76a18e8325ac">Associated Press<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; on Monday&comma; the Supreme Court announced their decision to not review the overturned conviction without comment&comma; leaving Cosby a free man&comma; and bringing an end to his battle in court&comma; after being accused of sexually assaulting various women throughout the years&period; Cosby was released from prison last June after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;non-prosecution agreement” with a prior prosecutor should have precluded him from being criminally charged in the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt  commented about the Supreme Court&&num;8217&semi;s recent decision and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;This is truly a victory for Mr&period; Cosby&comma; but it shows that cheating will never get you far in life&comma; and the corruption that lies within Montgomery County District’s Attorney Office has been brought to the center stage of the world&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;u-s-supreme-court-asked-to-review-overturned-bill-cosby-conviction&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; last November&comma; Pennsylvania prosecutors filed a petition asking the U&period;S&period; Supreme court to consider whether an agreement made by then-prosecutor Bruce Castor&comma; where he reportedly promised not to file criminal charges against Bill if he testified in a civil lawsuit&comma; should be treated as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a grant of immunity&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The office of Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said there was &&num;8220&semi;no evidence that Cosby had a legally binding agreement that he could never be prosecuted&period;&&num;8221&semi; It was also noted that Castor did not put the agreement into writing nor did he tell anyone in his office about it&period; The reported agreement was only mentioned publicly after new evidence surfaced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After Cosby&&num;8217&semi;s release from prison more accusers stepped forward&comma; claiming they had been sexually assaulted by the veteran comedian&sol; actor&period; Last October&comma; actress <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;actress-lili-bernard-files-a-lawsuit-against-bill-cosby-for-allegedly-drugging-raping-her-back-in-1990&sol;">Lili Bernard<&sol;a><&sol;em> came forward and filed a lawsuit after she alleged that she was sexually assaulted back in 1990&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a>  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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