Bill Cosby may be free, but faces civil allegations for sexual battery in Los Angeles Maria Puente, USA TODAY Replay Video What's next on Bill Cosby's legal diary? The effort to prosecute Cosby for sex crimes is done: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out his 2018 convictions and released him from prison Wednesday, saying he did not get a fair trial. Future prosecutions in Pennsylvania were shut down by the court's decision, and they are unlikely elsewhere due to statutes of limitations. New accusations of alleged crimes also are unlikely to emerge given that Cosby, 83, has spent nearly three years in a state prison.