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Bill Cosby has been accused of sexual assault by nine women in Nevada

Nine women accuse Bill Cosby of sex assault in lawsuit

Nine women have accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them decades ago in a lawsuit filed in Nevada, after the US state dropped its statute of limitations on civil sexual abuse cases.

US • 15 Jun 23

The justices let stand the decision by a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court that Cosby should never have faced the charges

Supreme Court rejects bid to reinstate Cosby conviction

Bill Cosby has avoided renewed legal jeopardy when the US Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by prosecutors to undo last year's ruling in Pennsylvania that overturned the 84-year-old actor and comedian's 2018 sexual assault conviction.

US • 07 Mar 22

The 83-year-old was found guilty of three charges against him in 2018

Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction overturned

Pennsylvania's highest court has overturned Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction and ordered that he be released from prison immediately.

US • 30 Jun 21

Cosby's jail term is to begin immediately

Bill Cosby sentenced to up to ten years in prison

Actor Bill Cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman.

US • 25 Sep 18

Bill Cosby faces up to ten years in prison

Bill Cosby convicted of sexual assault in retrial

A Pennsylvania jury has found comedian Bill Cosby guilty on all counts of sexual assault at a retrial.

US • 27 Apr 18

Bill Cosby denies all allegations against him

Cosby retrial over alleged sex assault due to begin

US comedian Bill Cosby has returned to court for the start of his retrial on charges of sexually assaulting a onetime friend, almost a year after a jury deadlocked in the case.

World • 09 Apr 18

Bill Cosby took part in a performance in Philadelphia last night

Cosby on stage for first time since sex assault charge

US entertainer Bill Cosby returned to the stage for the first time in nearly three years, just months before his scheduled retrial for alleged sexual assault.

Bill Cosby • 23 Jan 18

Bill Cosby did not testify and has denied all allegations

Jury begins deliberations in Cosby sex assault trial

Jurors have begun deliberating in in US comedian and TV veteran Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial after a weeklong proceeding in Pennsylvania that saw prosecutors and defense lawyers paint starkly different portraits of the comedian.

World • 12 Jun 17

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