Jailed comedian Bill Cosby has been given another shot at shaking his sexual assault conviction from 2018.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear an appeal of the 82-year-old’s case almost two years after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.
The court announced that it will review the judge’s ruling throughout the case, including the decision to allow testimony from Cosby’s other accusers. The court will also review whether the jury should have been given evidence that Cosby used quaaludes in the alleged assaults.
Cosby’s attorneys have argued that the testimony from additional witnesses should not have been allowed because the cases took place decades ago and the testimony could not be reliable.
The court also plans to review an agreement made before his criminal trial. Cosby claimed that he was promised criminal immunity if he agreed to testify in a civil case that was brought forward by the same victim. He said he would not have testified in the civil case if that were not the situation.
Andrew Wyatt, a spokesman for Cosby, said the comedian was “extremely thankful” for the opportunity to appeal his case.
“As we have all stated, the false conviction of Bill Cosby is so much bigger than him — it’s about the destruction of ALL black people and people of color in America,” Wyatt said.
Cosby has been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women. He was convicted by a jury on three felony sexual assault counts and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018. A previous attempt for an appeal was denied in 2019.
