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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has vacated the indecent assault conviction against comedian Bill Cosby and has ordered his immediate release from prison.
In an opinion issued Wednesday, the court found that Cosby's due process rights were violated when he was charged for a 2004 assault after previously being promised by prosecutors that they wouldn't bring criminal charges against him.
Cosby, 83, has been serving a sentence of three to 10 years.
In April 2018, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in Cheltenham, outside Philadelphia.
Eventually, Constand, who had been working for the women's basketball team at Temple University, settled her civil suit with Cosby for $3.38 million.
In December 2019, Cosby lost an appealof his sexual assault conviction.
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