US Supreme Court rejects bid to revive Bill Cosby sex assault case
- The comedian was released last year when his 2018 conviction was overturned, in what many saw as a blow to the #MeToo movement
- Cosby had been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 17 years ago
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, who was released last year when his 2018 conviction was overturned.
Prosecutors had filed an appeal with the court last year to review the decision of a lower court to overturn Cosby’s conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 17 years ago.
The lower court said that he had been denied a fair trial, in what was seen by many as a setback for the #MeToo movement.
The Supreme Court did not give a reason for its ruling, posted on its website, saying only that it was “denied”.
Cosby, who shattered racial barriers with his Emmy-winning role on I Spy in the 1960s, was convicted in 2018 of assaulting Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia mansion in 2004.