2 Jul 2021

Cosby a free man after conviction overturned

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 2 July 2021

The US actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, has spent his first night at home after his conviction for sexual assault was overturned by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Cosby - who's 83 - had served more than two years of his sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. He had originally been found guilty of drugging and molesting a woman in 2004.

Dozens of other women had also publicly accused him of sexual assault, but no further action was taken against him.

Susie Ferguson spoke to professor Claire Finkelstein, who runs the Centre for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.