Cosby sex assault prosecution can move ahead: Pennsylvania court

Source: Reuters

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday cleared the way for the criminal case against Bill Cosby to proceed, rejecting the comedian’s attempt to have the charges thrown out due to a deal he contends was reached with prosecutors a decade ago.

The state Superior Court had put the case on hold while it considered whether to take up Cosby’s unusual pretrial appeal.

The 78-year-old actor and comic is charged with drugging and assaulting Andrea Constand, a former basketball coach at his alma mater Temple University, at his home in 2004.

Constand, now 44, is one of more than 50 women who have come forward to accuse Cosby of sexually assaulting them in a series of attacks dating to the 1960s. The allegations have toppled Cosby, who built a long career on family-friendly comedy, from his position as one of the United States' best-loved entertainers.

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