Bill Cosby Released from Prison After Pennsylvania Supreme Court Found Prosecutor Violated Previous Agreement; Phylicia Rashad Reacts
Bill Cosby and his team will be rejoicing today after his 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned on Wednesday, June 30.
After completing nearly three years of the three-to-10-year sentence, Cosby was released on Wednesday after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the conviction and ruled that he cannot be retried on the charges. The court found that an agreement the entertainer had with a previous prosecutor that was supposed to prevent him from being criminally charged should have been upheld by a subsequent district attorney.
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The Abington Township native ran for Montgomery County district attorney again in 2015, and his judgment in the Cosby case was a key issue used against him by Democrat Kevin Steele who defeated him.
Constand sued Castor in 2015, alleging defamation and false light. Her lawsuit claimed Castor gave various interviews with media outlets and directly or indirectly implied she had been inconsistent in her accusations against Cosby and exaggerated her claims in a lawsuit and therefore was not to be believed.
In response to the suit, Castor alleged his opponent was behind the lawsuit, which was later settled, according to The Washington Post.
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Ahead of his second impeachment trial next week, former President Donald Trump has tapped Bruce Castor, an attorney with a long, fractious history in Pennsylvania politics, to co-lead his defense team against charges of incitement of insurrection.
Throughout his career, Castor has shown a knack for finding the limelight, and a tendency to fill in for disgraced public officials.
Castor, a Republican, is a former Montgomery County district attorney and county commissioner who once pledged not to prosecute Bill Cosby with sexual assault, and had a brief but colorful stint as state attorney general after AG Kathleen Kane was convicted of multiple felonies.