Bill Cosby is sitting in his jail cell presumably smiling just as big as he did on his throwback Jello Pudding Pop ads. Why, you ask? Welp, that’s because the eighty-three-year-old OG will be set free in a matter of hours. Not sure if this comes as a shock to Cosby and his legal team…but it damn sure shocked the hell outta everyone else.
As y’all already know, Cosby’s been serving a ten-year sentence — two years of which he’s served thus far – after being convicted of sexually assaulting Andrea Constandt years ago. The Supreme Court has just ruled in Cosby’s favor, regarding details of his trial that raised eyebrows amongst his supporters from the jump.
Details
Below are the details that have now been reported regarding the Court’s latest ruling:
Via TMZ– The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled … there are 2 reasons why the conviction could not stand — the judge allowed prosecutors to call 5 other accusers during the trial, and Cosby should never have been criminally prosecuted based on an agreement he made with the former D.A.
As for the first reason … the Pennsylvania high court ruled it was unduly prejudicial to allow 5 women with stories similar to Andrea Constand to testify, trying to show Cosby had an M.O. for drugging women and then sexually assaulting them.
The second reason was fought hard during trial … former D.A. Bruce Castor cut a deal with Cosby that if he testified in a civil deposition he would not face trial criminally. During that deposition, Cosby made incriminating statements about drugging women, and it was presented at trial. The Supreme Court ruled the deal was broken by prosecutors.
According to the report, the judge presiding over Cosby’s case has just ‘vacated both the conviction and the sentence and ordered the 83-year-old comedian discharged — presumably immediately.’
Word on the Old School curb is that Cosby’s team is in route to scoop him up from the pen’ as we speak.
We’ll keep you posted on this one. Thoughts ILOSM fam?’
