Actor and comedian Bill Cosby lost his appeal to overturn his 2018 sexual assault conviction on Tuesday when a Pennsylvania appeals court rejected his lawyers’ argument that the trial judge had deprived him of a fair trial, a court filing showed. Dozens of women have accused Cosby (82) –who was once best known for a family-friendly brand of comedy that presented him as the lovable father in the 1980s television series The Cosby Show – of sexual assault over several decades. He was found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to serve three to 10 years in prison. Bill Cosby has insisted that any sexual encounters he had were consensual. Cosby has insisted that any sexual encounters he had were consensual.

Source: The Irish Times December 10, 2019 16:52 UTC