Bill Cosby has filed a new appeal in Pennsylvania Supreme Court, arguing that the trial that netted him a sexual assault conviction was “fundamentally unfair.”
that court documents filed on Tuesday argue that by allowing five accusers whose accounts fell outside the statute of limitations to appear as witnesses, the prosecution unfairly influenced the jury. Cosby also took issue with the prosecutionan old civil suit that described his “use of quaaludes and his sexual behavior.” Allegedly, Cosby was told that deposition could not be used against him in future cases.
“Although the evidence was purportedly allowed for a limited purpose, the prosecution’s closing argument shows that the jury was urged to return a verdict against Cosby based on a depiction of him, unsupported by actual evidence, as a predator who drugged and raped women for decades,” the filing reads,
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