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Supreme Court leaves Bill Cosby's overturned conviction in place

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The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision made by Pennsylvania's highest court that led to Bill Cosby's release from prison.

The high court declined prosecutors' request to hear the case and reinstate Cosby's conviction.The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last year threw out Cosby's conviction, saying the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby.

The Supreme Court declined to revive Bill Cosby's sexual assault case on Monday. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images) The Supreme Court did not give any explanation for the decision not to hear the case.

Cosby's case was included in a long list of cases the Supreme Court would not hear released Monday. The 84-year-old Cosby became the first celebrity convicted of sexual assault in the #MeToo era when a jury in 2018 found him guilty of drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004.

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