Bill Cosby seeks new sexual assault trial, reduced prison sentence

October 09, 2018 00:04

Citing new evidence, Bill Cosby has asked the Pennsylvania judge who sent him to prison for up to 10 years for sexual assault to grant him a new trial, or to reduce his sentence because of alleged procedural errors.

Cosbys lawyers said the judge abused his discretion by failing to adequately consider the 81-year-old entertainers age and failing eyesight, and should have recused himself from sentencing.

By undervaluing the mitigating impact of age and disability and overestimating any present danger to the community, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven ONeill imposed a term whose harshness violated statutes and sentencing rules, they said in an 11-page motion.

Cosby is the first US celebrity to be convicted of sexual abuse since the start of the #MeToo movement on social media.

Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the drugging and sexual assault of his one-time friend Andrea Constand and was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.

The once-beloved comedian, known as Americas Dad in the 1980s and 1990s during the run of his hit television sitcom, was marched out of court in shackles and began serving his sentence immediately.

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