An appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction. An appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction. Cosby’s spokesman attacked the ruling as “a political scheme to destroy America’s Dad”. The Pennsylvania state Superior Court says the trial evidence of five other accusers was evidence that Cosby had a “unique sexual assault playbook”. Cosby, who is serving a prison sentence, can now ask the state Supreme Court to consider his appeal.

Source: Irish Independent December 10, 2019 21:45 UTC