so, from prison, for nearly three years, tonight, bill cosby is back home. that slow walk with some of his advisers, making a brief appearance, cosby did, for the cameras, in front of his home. he did not make a statement. but his spokesperson and lawyers did. >> it's over. as far as we understand it. the high court, vacated the conviction. discharged him. they saw it the way we saw it, that we believed that he never should have been prosecuted. there was an agreement made. he relied on that agreement. and you can't have a system where prosecutors don't hold up their word. >> we didn't think he was treated fairly. fortunately, the supreme cour agreesd with us. >> he tweeted a statement, i have never changed my stance or my story. i have always maintained my innocence. also today, we heard from andrea constand. she is at the center of this case. she and her lawyers said a statement, today's majority decision recording bill cosby is not only disappointing but of concern. that e those may participate in the prosecution of an assailant. here's the local impact. j

so bill cosby, the woman sues bill cosby.bill cosby, peyser 3.3 8 million dollars and the case goes away. then in 2015. of somebody petitioned the court to unseal bill cosby's depositions their unsealed. now a new district attorney has has beaten all district and with this unsealed deposition he's like i'm going to prosecute bill cosby even though the prior district attorney of promise not to. so that pennsylvania supreme court said considered together these authorities obligate court still long prosecutors to their word to enforce their promises ensure that defendants decisions are made with all understanding of the circumstances. >> and to prevent fraudulent inducement some waivers of constitutional rights. which is what happened. >> so paul, we know that this case in particular now over turn can. prosecutors in pennsylvania. obviously there are other women who have come forward with their claims. can prosecutors go after bill cosby again for on charges involving another one of these alleged reno. >> no, absolutely not. bec

what people have to understand is that this decision that came out on wednesday does not say that bill cosby is innocent. it is not say that there wasn't enough evidence by these dozens and dozens of women that came forward and claim that bill coffee, sexually assaulted them. that is something very different. so we have to be very, very careful about how we can find this with the law. speaking of the law, k j. i mean, is this the ends now of this particular case for cosby and how about other legal measures? well remember bill cosby is 83 years old and that this case really surrounds just one woman. andrea constant. yes, we all know there's more than 60 women that have come forward and told her story, but because of the statute, limitations, and other lack of evidence in some of those those cases, he was not tried on any of those cases. so for this particular case, it really is the end of it. he cannot be tried, his conviction has been overturned, so it looks like this is really the end for bill cosby criminally speaking. however, there could be many, many more civil suits coming forward. in

and just like that, bill cosby was free. his car sped by the walls of the pennsylvania prison in which he'd serve 2 years of a 3 to 10 year sentence before arriving at his home in nearby norristown. after being helped from the car, cosby gave the camera signal v for victory. his attorney was similarly triumphant. i am thrilled and i am pleased at the pennsylvania supreme court. what we knew all along, which was that mister car being never should have been prosecuted, was driven by politics, were quite pleased that the pennsylvania supreme court seemed impervious to what is going on on the outside world. and all of that pressure that was placed on the criminal justice system from to me to movement help bring cosby on the scrutiny. he was one of a number of high profile men in show business accused of using their power to exploit and sexually assault women. but only one case against cosby went to court. the alleged drugging and malice station of andrea concerned. the crushing of that conviction has re ignited debate over the a

all of this news, the breaking news on all of these subjects. >>> so let's get straight to the bill cosby release from prison today. joining me now, two of cosby's accuser, joan and their attorney. thank you all for being here. i appreciate it. hi, joanie, how are you? >> hi, donny, i'm fine. how are you? >> full transparency, joanie and i have become friends over the years and i'm happy to have her here to discuss this. so thank you. to see this conviction thrown out, i know it's devastating to you, but how are you feeling? >> a friend of mine called me from italy this morning and said, did you hear the bill cosby news? and i said what? and then "the new york times" came in over my phone. and i was shocked. i mean, you know, i don't think prison helps anybody. i would have liked to have seen him in a group therapy session with men that have done the same thing. that's what i think might have helped him. maybe. you know, he's in such -- he's going to say i didn't do it, i didn't do it, i didn't do it. you know, until his dying days, which probably is sooner than you might think. he didn't

we begin with that bombshell news on comedian bill cosby. pennsylvania's supreme court has overturned his sex assault conviction and tonight, he is a free man. just hours after the court's ruling, cosby coming before cameras outside of his home, celebrating his release after serving more than two years of a three to ten-year prison sentence. cosby clearly elated to be back home. the man once known as america's dad last seen in public a little over two years ago after his conviction. dozens of women came forward to accuse him, but he was convicted for assaulting just one, andrea constand. cosby remained defiant, never acknowledged wrongdoing, passing up the opportunity for parole, refusing to participate in sex offender programs. today, the high court vacated his conviction, saying that he was a victim of a coercive bait and switch by prosecutors. abc's erielle reshef leads us off with the dramatic turn of evnts. >> reporter: tonight, bill cosby, a free man, back home, released from a pennsylvania prison just 12 days shy of his 84th birthday.

we're going to talk about bill cosby, tonight. >>> bill cosby is a free man.nd the women, who accused him, who spoke out about what they say the star, who was once known as america's dad, did to them. many of whom, i have spoken with over the years. well, they are shocked tonight. wondering, how this could happen? he is back at his pennsylvania home, thanks to a surprise ruling from pennsylvania's supreme court. vacating his 2018 conviction for sexual assault. cosby had been sentenced to up-to-ten years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his home 14 years ago. he said nothing at a press conference, outside his home today. just nodding his head, as his publicist called his victory for americans treated badly by the judicial system. that's how his publicist described it. cosby later tweeted that he has always maintained his innocence, and thanked his fans. andrea constand, who, at the time, worked for temple university, was mentioned by cosby. putting out a statement calling the decision, not only disappointing but, of conc

we have heard, as well, from a lawyer for several of bill cosby's accusers over th years, gloria ellwoodsays she was devaated by the supreme court's verdict today. as for mr. cosby himself, we have heard nothing yet. but, it possible, of course, that he could give some kind of statement in public later today. >> david, in washington dc, thank you. i want to update you on the heatwave. it is believed dozens of people have died in canada connected to what is happening. we have seen a series of temperature records broken. y police in vancouver have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths related to heat since friday. we have a dabber -- a number of different things to show you. greg o'grady. >> that number is likely to go up. heatwave deaths are difficult to pinpoint directly immediately. so we are likely to hear more in the days and weeks ahead. i suspect there will be many more. ambulance crews were overwhelmed. people were phoning in with unresponsive family members and waiting two hours and sometimes longer in different parts of the ovidence those are only the numbers for metro vancouv

andrew wyatt, bill cosby's publicist went upstairs to see if mr. cosby was interested in speaking with me. this is something we asked about earlier in the day. we were not allowed to have cameras. i didn't have my phones. i went up the stairs, saw mr. cosby in his bed. he was wrapping up a phone conversation. and he briefly spoke to me about five minutes. he was clearly excited to be home. he was overjoyed and said that he felt vindicated. definitely though a different feeling for his many accusers. >> how do you feel mr. cosby. >> bill cosby smiled and flashed the peace sign outside his home wednesday shormt after the pennsylvania supreme court throughout his 2018 sex assault conviction. in my conversation with cosby inside his home he told me the ruling sends a message around the world. he said that what happened to him was unjust and justice was finally served. in a radio interview after his release he spoke about people wrongfully imprisoned. >> i met them in there, people who talked about what happened and what they did. and i know there are ma

emotional reaction from one of bill cosby's accusers who lives in the bay area. helen hayes was at a tennis tournament and rubble beach and the former actor and comedian this doctor and worked over. >> bill cosby is now out of prison in a court overturned his conviction on a technicality and a deal made. we spoke with the accuser. certainly it did sound like a difficult day for her. >> reporter: it certainly was. helen hayes is one of the first accusers coming out in 2014 talking about how bill cosby sexually assaulted her. when i called her this morning, she wasn't even aware that the conviction had been overturned. >> i thought he was to die in there with bread and water. i didn't care. >> reporter: bill cosby is a free man after being released. >> he deserves to be in there. he is evil. >> reporter: she was one of the first and oldest of dozens of accusers still vividly remembers the night she said america's once favorite dad approached her in 1973 at a tennis tournament in pebble beach. >> he came up behind me and put his whole body up against the back of my

britney is in 3 but bill cosby is. complete legal analysis ahead plus raymond arroyo will be here a little later to document the latest troubling biden moment in the pandemic of forever quarantine in his seen and unseen segment but first back in march president biden led the american people to believe that july 4th would be a time for reopening. >> there's a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard and your neighborhood and have a cookout in the barbecue and celebrate independence day. that will make this independence day something truly special. where we not only market or independence as a nation but we begin to mark their independence from this virus. >> of course it is becoming harder and harder to square that goal with the scare tactics now coming from the biden team and the purveyors of doom about the dreaded delta variance, not only are we getting the usual variant fear mongering but subtle hints about what direction the corrupt expert class plans on taking the cou

the american entertainer, bill cosby, has had his conviction for sexual assault overturned by the supreme court of pennsylvania. mr cosby, who's 83, has served more than two years of his sentence at a state prison near philadelphia. he had originally been found guilty of drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. but dozens of other women had also publicly accused him of sexual assault, but no further action was taken against him. michelle fleury reports from philadelphia. this is the moment bill cosby left present a free man. he had served two years of a 3—10 year sentence. his fall from grace was sealed in 2018 after he was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for drugging and molesting andrea constand in 2004. in molesting andrea constand in 200a. in a stunning reversal, pennsylvania's highest court said the entertainer should never have been charged. in a split ruling, judges found that it should not have gone ahead because of an immunity deal he had struck with a previous prosecutor. he cannot be retried. his heart was racing. he couldn't believe it. he says they were knocking

but now us, comedian bill cosby is once again a free man. a us court overturned his conviction on a legal technicality. coming back on the last german soldiers return from afghanistan, she was all remaining international troops that leave by september 11th afghans worry about the future of their country and helping those who need it most. the heat wave in western canada shatters records and claims dozens of lives with. ah, i'm fairly good to have you with us. the american actor bill cosby has walked free after court overturned his sexual assault conviction and ordered his immediate release. he was the 1st us celebrity center prison for sexual assault since the beginning of the me to movement. now, 2 years on the pennsylvania supreme court decided cosby never should have faced charges in the 1st place. after striking a non prosecution deal with a previous district attorney and just like that, bill cosby was free. his car sped by the walls of the pennsylvania prison in which he served 2 years of a 3 to 10 year sentence. before arriving at his

the american entertainer bill cosby has had his conviction for sexual assault overturned by the supremert of pennsylvania. mr cosby, who's 83,has served more than two years of his sentence at a state prison near philadelphia. he had originally been found guilty of drugging and molesting a woman in 200a. but dozens of other women had also publicly accused him of sexual assault, but no further action was taken against him. michelle fleury reports from philadelphia. this is the moment bill cosby left present a free man. he had served two years of a three— to 10—year sentence. his fall from grace was sealed in 2018 after he was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for drugging and molesting andrea constand in 200a. but in a stunning reversal, pennsylvania's highest court said the entertainer should never have been charged. in the split ruling, judges wrote that the trial shouldn't have gone ahead because of an immunity deal mr cosby had struck with a previous prosecutor. he can't be retried. hejust said his heart was racing. he couldn't believe it. he said they was ringing his cel

but now us, comedian bill cosby is once again a free man. a us court overturned his conviction on a legal technicality. coming back home for the last german soldiers return from afghanistan was all remaining international troops. to leave by september 11th afghans worry about the future of their country and helping those who need it most. the heat wave in western canada shatters records claims dozens of lines. ah, i'm fairly sure to have you with the american actor bill cosby has walked free after court overturned his sexual assault conviction and ordered his immediate release. he was the 1st us celebrity center prison for sexual assault since the beginning of the me to movement. now, 2 years on the pennsylvania supreme court decided cosby never should have faced charges in the 1st place. after striking a non prosecution deal with a previous district attorney and just like that, bill cosby was free. his scar sped by the walls of the pennsylvania prison in which he served 2 years of a 3 to 10 year sentence. before arriving at his home in near

. >>> janice baker kenny became the third woman to accuse bill cosby of sexual assault, she lives in the north bay and joined us earlier this morning for a conversation with abc7 news anchors reggie aqui and kumasi aaron. >> she joins us now to talk about this news. janice, something that really struck me because i heard you as you are talking to abc news yesterday when this news 1st broke is that you are prepared to talk to some of these women who said they were sexually abused by the former mayor of windsor. and then, i think you got this news about bill cosby and it was like a punch in the gut? >> it was. i was feeling so much joy that because of my story, i am able to move forward and help other women or men in the same situation. a friend of mine asked me if i would not mind speaking to a few of the women who have come forward in that case. it is a sense of pride that i am able to get past my situation and be able to talk to other women who are still currently afraid to come forward , or are being ridiculed because they have come forward. as soon as i hung up the phone from her,

bill cosby's conviction for sexual assault is overturned. judge finds he was denied a fair trial in 2018. donald rumsfeld has died at the age of 88. it was the architect of iraq and afghanistan invasions. it is one year since china introduced a controversial law in hong kong which critics say has been used to crackdown. we have a special report on the impact. the death toll in canada is rising as the record-breaking heat wave continues. vancouver reports 130 deaths. welcome to world news america in the u.k. on pbs and around the globe. today marks one year since china imposed a wide-ranging national security law on hong kong. critics say it is beijing's way of controlling pro-democracy protesters and stifling opposition. since the introduction, more than 100 people of been arrested, including some of hong kong's most prominent activists. the bbc is in hong kong and reports on how much has chged. reporter: as a young man, swimming across this river, hoping to start a new life. it took him nine hours to reach the shores. nearly 50 years later,

bill cosby is at home tonight released from prison following a stunning decision by the pennsylvania supreme court overturning his 2018 conviction of sexual assault. ruling prosecutors violated his due process rights. cosby served three years of a ten-year sentence. >>> and the bodies of two children found in the rubble of the collapsed building in florida bringing the confirmed death toll to 18. 145 people still unaccounted for. one full week after the condo tower came crashing down. a lot to get to. and this is new tonight. the trump organization and its chief financial officer, allen weisselberg expected to be charged with tax crimes. people familiar with the matter tell cnn that. the manhattan district attorney's office, building a case around perks awarded to employees and whether appropriate taxes were paid on them. let's discuss now, former nixon white house counsel john dean is here. john, good evening. good to see you. it's been way too long. let's get into this. the "washington post" reports that the new york grand jury filed the indictments today and that they will be unsea

gloria allred who represented 30 of bill cosby�*s accusers said: bill cosby became known as america's for his role as cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit sitcom the cosby show. his conviction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault could be heard in the us justice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle fleury, bbc news, pennsylvania. earlier i spoke to michelle thomas, a divorce and trial lawyer and asked her what she made of the court's decision. it was defintely unexpected. i don't think any of us expected mr cosby to walk free today, but the supreme court had to balance his constitutional rights, and the fact that mr cosby waived his fifth amendment constitutional right against self—incrimination, with the belief and expectation that criminal charges would not be brought against him, and that is what the supreme court focused on — the fact that this case should never have been brought in the first place because of the deal that he entered into with the initial prose

bill cosby denies any wrongdoing tweeting i have never changed my stance or my story. i've always maintained my innocence thanks to all my fans and supporters who stood by me through this ordeal, special thanks to the pennsylvania supreme court for upholding the rule of law. this is hours after supreme court overturned his sexual assault conviction which served 3 of the 10 years he was in 4, more than 60 women of accused him of sexual assault. however, his spokesperson said his release, quote, it is a beautiful day and it is a beautiful day also for women. his accuser his testimony landed him in prison, released a statement saying today's majority decision regarding bill cosby is not only disappointing but of concerned that it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault was the pennsylvania da responded to the decision to release him saying that decision will not dampen the reporting of sexual assault victims. actress felicia russia is getting a ton of backlash for this tweet, quote, finally a terrible wrong is being righted, a miscarriage of justice is co

i want to bring in bill cosby's former attorney. counselor, thank you for being with us. the court made no ruling on whether cosby did the things he was accused of. they didn't say the evidence and testimony was false. what they did say is the case should not have been brought at all because of a previous deal. your reaction to all of this this morning. >> yesterday was a great day for the cosby family and a great day for the justice system. there are two misconceptions floating around with what with the pennsylvania supreme court. first misconception is this was strictly a technical matter. not true. the first d.a. looked at the evidence exhaustively, got his staff together, investigators, police, they went through the evidence, they made a decision that this case did not belong in a criminal courtroom and for that reason he made an agreement not to prosecute and shifted it to civil court. the second misconception is this is never done. not true. my whole career we've been talking to prosecutors about trying to shift cases in criminal court to civil court. in california w

let's get to bill cosby.troversy raging over the opinion the court found that the prosecutor was bound by his predecessor's decision not to charge for the sexual assault of andrea constand in 2004. she called it disappointing. another is also blasting the ruling. >> my stomach is lurching, and i am deeply distressed about the injustice of the whole thing. you know, he is a sociopath. he is a serial rapist. this is a man who has no conscience, he has no sense of remorse. >> harris: cosby took to twitter, or somebody did on his behalf. "i have never changed my stance nor my story. i have always maintained my innocence," and that we are hearing from cosby in his own ws shortly after release. >> you can see how powerless many of us feel, because this is my mantra. it's not what they're doing to you, it's what you are not doing. because this is not just a black thing. this is for all the people who have been imprisoned wrongfully, regardless of race, color, or creed. >> harris: okay, my mind just blew up, ben, bec

why is bill cosby free? i got to start by saying, you know, and i truly do hate to say this, but the court in so cause this case was right, procedurally, constitutionally speaking, he's, he's free on constitutional grounds and, and that's because you can't promise a person that they will not be prosecuted and then turn around and prosecute them. that's exactly what happened in the bill cosby case, but you know how in here we really can't blame the court for upholding the law. who we need to blame is the prosecutor who failed to uphold the law. he was too afraid to uphold the law. see this, this prosecutor in, instead of upholding the law for the filing charges, pursuing criminal action, what he did is, is promise a sex offender that he would not prosecute him promise bill cash or bill cosby. he would not be prosecuted and then turned around and encouraged him to testify in a civil case. so based on those assurances of the prosecution cause we testified in that civil case where he admitted to drug in women. b

bill cosby did this and he's free.money and the power that has bill cosby at home right now. he was able to afford to pay all of these aattorneys, to work all of these years to free him and he admitted to doing this act. and nobody on the the planet could possibly believe that all of the women that have come forward, that he didn't do this. come on. so, what is this about? where are we at and how could -- how could the prosecutor re-do the case with andrea, knowing there was a possibility that some day down the line it could be overruled. what was their thinking? why did they even take the action against him? why didn't they take the action against him with another one of the women that he raped, why did they pick her and bring her back? i mean, when they were thinking, weren't they. they had brains. they knew what he had done that there was a possibility that bill could go to a supreme court and over turn this. so i don't understand this. it is just a mess. it is terrible. it is just terrible. now what? >> i remember,

that effectively immunized bill cosby. he did it, in his public capacity, on behalf of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. and for that reason, even though another successful prosecutor came in to handle the case. the commonwealth, itself, would still be bound. and so, this court was saying, look, the deal stands, as is. it has greater implications, of course. the notion that there's a bait and switch they used that language. it suggests that anybody who was going to rely on the statements of a prosecutor. only to have the rug pulled out underneath them later on. it would probably undermine the integrity of those agreements. but, of course, when it comes to facts in this case, we know why it's so controversial. we know all the stakes involved. we know that, although this case involved one-named victim, we know the allegations made by dozens. upwards of 50 others. and so, this is a very visceral reaction from so many people. but on the idea of whether a prosecutor's deal must be bound and honored by prosecutors. they made the

. >>> comedian bill cosby a free man tonight. hearing from his accusers. women in the bay area. >> those of us who came forward to tell u.s. truth what what happened to us know what the truth was. >> the technicality that overturned his conviction and led to his release from prison. >>> not taking advances, popular lookout that will be closed this fourth of july. >>> we begin with breaking news. chaos, confusion and total disarray in los angeles neighborhood. explosion involving illegal fireworks. watch this. that video just into our newsroom. slowing it down so you can see it closely. people standing by on the sidewalk watching as the bomb squad worked the neighborhood. bomb squad was trying to detonate 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks seized earlier today. that's when the explosion happened. that was not supposed to happen. aftermath, 15 people hurt, number expected to rise. several cars parked on the street, damaged. fireworks in armored container and force of that explosion destroyed the container. not clear what went wrong but something did. investig

. >>> next at 5:00, bill cosby is a freeman. a bay area woman says she cannot believe the court overturned his conviction for sexual assault. >>> willie brown is applauding the court's decision. >>> president biden summit on the wildfire threat facing california and the west and his new promise to help. local firefighters say just in time. >>> the fear over fireworks. san jose says the danger is real people who have to pay for any damage. >>> a family that got covid from the delta variant, even though they were vaccinated. >>> we begin with video showing bill cosby getting out of a car and flashing the peace sign as people helped him walk into his home outside philadelphia. cosby was released from prison after pennsylvania supreme court overturned his sexual assault conviction in a surprise decision. good evening and thank you for joining us. i am ama daetz. >> you are watching live on abc 7 news. cosby was serving a 10 year sentence over a 2004 encounter. he was charged in 2015 days before the statute of limitation ran out. pen

. >> what makes me sick is thinking of all his supporters and the smugness that is bill cosby. >> reporter: the district attorney agreed not to prosecute him on criminal charges if cosby spoke openly for civil cases. >> there is nothing in this opinion that in any way mitigates bill cosby's guilt. he was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury of his peers. the only thing that changes is that trial should never have taken place because the government promised bill cosby that the trial would not take place. >> reporter: cosby can't be tried again on the charges involving andrea constance. the cosby case was the first high-profile trial during the me-too movement. >> i don't know what it means about the future of cases like this. i hope women won't be come resigned or in despair like all of us were when we thought we were alone. >> reporter: one of the women involved in this case, she contacted other women who are also involved. they plan on continuing to support each other through this case and they plan on trying to support other women that are involved in other similar cases. report

it did not vindicate bill cosby's conduct and should not be interpreted as a statement or finding thatacts of which he has been accused. felicia assad who played cosby's tv wife is facing backlash for celebrating the news, she tweeted finally a terrible wrong is being righted. a miscarriage of justice is corrected. she later responded to critics saying in part i fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. my post was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. in a stunning legal decision the judge has denied britney spears's request to have her father removed from her conservatorship at least for now. a wednesday court filing states spears is substantially unable to manage his or her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence. this decision is very important, in response to a month old request from spears's attorney at not last week after bombshell testimony. the judge cannot make a ruling on her testimony until she files paperwork to terminate her conservatorship. look at it as two separate things. there is still hope for britney spears to end th

>> reporter: tonight bill cosby is a free man, his conviction tossed out, his record wiped clean. he cannot be retried he appeared briefly before reporters outside his home >> today innocence came to mr. cosby. >> reporter:sby with sexual assault in 2015 was an affront to fundamental fairness, and the prosecution violated cosby's due process. late today, cosby calling into a radio show. >> this is for all the people who have been imprisoned wrongfully, regardless of race, color, or creed. because i met them in there. >> reporter: the 83-year-old was serving a three to ten-year sentence in maximum security prison after a jury found him guilty in 2018 of sexually assaulting andrea constand at the time, cosby's other accusers celebrated the verdict outside of court. >> i feel like i'm dreaming can you pinch me >> reporter: constand, a former temple university employee said cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his pennsylvania home in 2004 cosby said the interaction was consensual in 2005, the district attorney at the time bruce castor, who later would go on to be one of preside

these same charges his attorneys said, today, he never should have been charged, in the first place bill cosby came out of his house with his lawyers today who talked to reporters there. cosby was silent but later gave an interview to a radio station. >> this is for all the people who have been imprisoned, wrongfully, regardless of race, color, or creed. >> uh-huh. >> because i -- i met them in there. people who talked about what happened and what they did and i know there are many liars out there. >> his accuser in this case said she is disappointed and hopes it does not discourage other women from coming forward. in 2018, a jury convicted cosby of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against her constand accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting her in his home outside of philadelphia back in 2004 bill cosby is denied all accusations of wrongdoing. and said his contact with constan was consensual he served two years of his three-to-ten-year sentence more than 60 women have accused cosby of misconduct. ranging from groping to sexual assault to rape going back decades. and at the

to be able to agree to not prosecute bill cosby in exchange for a civil suit to proceed against billhout fear of any type of self-incrimination. time-out. there's no written document. let me tell you why this is so wrong. you had trial court on two separate occasions find that this did not violate bill cosby's due process. you had an appellate court say it was the right decision. the reason why the appellate courts get it wrong is the following. the appellate courts look at a cold record. they get the benefit of a transcript. these trial judges, they can assess the credibility of the witnesses. the lawyers for andrea testified. they found -- this trial court judge found that bruce's edibility was equivocal at best, i think was the language used. andr andrea's lawyers denied that they negotiated this. if there was never an agreement, then how you can have a violation? it's not the right result. it's not the right result on the law. it's not the right result in terms of public policy. it's the wrong decision that was made. >> the footage is bill cosby released today. he is home now, a

why female players may benefit the most >>> and the fallout after bill cosby's release from prison. s home in pennsylvania this morning and headed out of state to spend the next three weeks with his wife camille. that's cosby's lawyer, andrew wyatt. here he is helping the 83-year-old who is said to be legally blind. wyatt said this will be the first time the couple has seen each other since cosby went to prison the lawyer says cosby was up until 2:00 in the morning saying he doesn't want to go to sleep because he is afraid his freedom saul a dream he'll need his rest, though. the attorneys for his accusers, gloria allred said she's moving forward in los angeles with a civil suit against bill cosby. about that, cosby's lawyer says they're not worried. >> that's far from our concern right now mr. cosby has been vindicated we think the judges now will look at this different and they will move fairly, and they will not be swayed by public opinion. >> on what's next for the former comedian in and out of court, here is nbc's stephanie gosk >> good evening, shep. so bill cosby spent roughly

bill cosby is at home tonight released from prison following a stunning decision by the pennsylvania preme court overturning his conviction of sexual assault. cosby served three years of a ten-year sentence. >>> and the bodies of two children in the collapsed building bringing the confirmed death toll to 18. over 100 people still unaccounted for. this is new tonight. the trump organization and its chief financial officer, alan weisselberg expected to be charged with tax crimes. the manhattan district attorney's office, building a case around perks awarded to employees and whether appropriate taxes were paid on them. let's discuss now, former nixon white house counsel john dean is here. it's good to see you, it's been way too long. they filed the indictments today they will be unsealed tomorrow afternoon. sources tell cnn alan weisselberg is expected to turn himself in tomorrow. what does this moment mean? >> i think what it means, don, is how effective trump's and weisselberg's lawyers have been in sort of bracing the public for the fact this was going to happen. i don't think any of

bill cosby's accusers speaking out. after the former tv star's release from prison. >>> the supreme court closes its term with a major decision on voting rights. the ruling and how it will impact all of us at the polls. >>> 17 injured in a fireworks explosion. >>> and representative liz cheney gets the nod to investigate the capitol hill riot >> live from cnbc, the facts the truth. the news with shepard smith. >>> good evening former president trump's familyt threat yet business is facings its gravest threat yet the trump organization ands it money man, indicted, charged and accused what prosecutors call a sweeping and audacious illegal payment and criminal tax fraud scheme the manhattan district attorney accusing the company's chief financial officer, allen weisselberg seen here in cuffs and white mask of helping orchestrate the scheme which allegedly gave expensive, off of the books perks to executives instead of money to help them dodge taxes. prosecutors say that weisselberg personally enjoyed $1.7 million worth of

and just like that, bill cosby was free. his car sped by the walls of the pennsylvania prison, in which he served 2 years of a 3 to 10 year sentence before arriving at his home in nearby norristown. after being helped from the car, cosby gave the camera signal v for victory. his attorney was similarly triumphant. i am thrilled and i am pleased at the pennsylvania supreme court. what we knew all along, which was that mister car being never should have been prosecuted, part was driven by politics, were quite pleased that the pennsylvania supreme court seems impervious to what is going on on the outside world. and all of that pressure that was placed on the criminal justice system from the move to me to movement help bring cosby on the scrutiny. he was one of a number of high profile men in show business accused of using their power to exploit and sexually assault women. but only one case against cosby went to court, the alleged drugging and molestation of andrea concerned. the crushing of that conviction as re ignited debate o

, to be able to agree to not prosecute bill cosby, and exchange for a civil suit to proceed against billy without fear of any type of self incrimination. well, timeout. there is no written document. and let me tell you why this is so wrong. you had trial court on two separate occasions to find that this did not violate bill cosby's due process rights. and then you had an appellate court see that was right decision as well. and the reason why the appellate court sometimes get it wrong is the following. they look at the following called a cold record. the only get the benefit of a transcript. but these trial judges can assess the crime viability of the witnesses. they found, the trial court judges, found that bruce castor's credibility was equivocal, at best, i think with the language that was used in the opinion. but andrea's lawyers emphatically denied that they ever negotiated this. so, if there was never an agreement to be able to do this quid pro quo, or whatever it is, then you do not have a violation of bill cosby's due process. it's not the right result. i think is not the result r

this treaty showed up on bill cosby's account a few ago. "i have never changed my stance nor my story. i have always maintained my innocent. thank you to all my fans, supporters and friends who stood by me through this ordeal. special thanks to pennsylvania supreme court for upholding the rule of law." cosby's team undoubtably overjoyed by this decision. >> we knew all along he never should have been prosecuted. he had every reason to their word. >> it does not exonerate cosby. it overturned his 2018 conviction for sexual assault for which he had been serving a 3-10 year prison sentence on a technicality. >> this is not a statement by the pennsylvania supreme court that bill cosby is innocent. they are deciding a legal question here. >> at issue, a prior district attorney promised immunity in exchange for testimony in a civil case. a decade later, a different prosecutor used to the in his criminal trial. >>> his conviction was the first high profile celebrity case of the me too era. reaction has been pouring in. leon melendez is in the news

bill cosby walked free today after the supreme court of pennsylvania overturned his assault conviction, leaving his accusers stunned cameras captured cosby returning to his home outside philadelphia, just hours after the ruling came out. the judges pointing to a vast violation of cosby's due process rights in the decision so what happened well, more than a decade ago, a prosecutor decided not to charge the actor. cosby agreed to testify in a civil case. and during that admitted giving quaaludes to a woman he was pursuing. that became key evidence in the subsequent criminal trial. the judges ruling that should not have been used, writing he must be discharged and any future prosecution on these particular charges must be barred we do not dispute that the remedy is both severe and rare, but it is warranted here, indeed compelled. they say he cannot be re-tried on these same charges. his attorneys said today he never should have been charged in the first place of the bill cosby came out of his house with his lawyers today, who talked to reporters there. cosby was silent but later gave an

how many believe you were drugged by bill cosby? how many of you believe bill cosby raped you?o sexual assault and rape many of the stories strikingly similar. bill cosby and his lawyers deny any of it ever happened. >> we come on the air with breaking news. bill cosby has been released from prison -- >> reporter: now the pennsylvania supreme court decision overturning cosby's 2018 indecent assault conviction brings the women back together. >> there's a fire inside of me that has just made me want to go out and make change even more than i did in 2015 >> he was not proclaimed innocent i think most us in our sisterhood need to hold on to that. >> the point the supreme court made over and over was that this was a due process issue, that bill cosby was essentially promised by a prosecutor he would never be prosecuted and then he was. that violated his rights. >> and what does the evidence -- what does the evidence of "a promise" show the proof? >> bill cosby's representative called the court's decision a victory for black america. >> ah! [ laughter ] >> this is not about race. it'

watch for that closure. >>> after serving fewer than three years in a pennsylvania prison, bill cosbynding his first full day as a free man. >> a stunning turn of events for the women that came forward with accusations against the comedian. sergio contonia has the story. >> 83-year-old business cosby stood outside his home. he never spoke, but his team did. >> the women who accused cosby of attacking them, this decision is a shock and devastating. >> this feels like a loss questioning like what the last 43 years of this ordeal were about, if not for justice in the form we thought we found. >> what makes me sick is thinking about all of his reporters and the smugness that is bill cosby, going see, ha ha, we won. >> the prior district attorney agreed not to charge him on criminal trials -- >> there's nothing in this opinion that in any way mitigates bill cosby's guilt. he was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury of his peers. the only thing that changes is that trial never should have taken place because the government promised cosby it would not take place. >> the cosby case w

special thanks to the pennsylvania supreme court for upholding the rule of law. # bill cosby. the shocking reversal not sitting well with cosby's accusers. attorney gloria represented 33 of them. that is a lot of accusers. a statement today she said in part quotes, despite the pennsylvania supreme court decision, this is an important fight for justice but even of the overturned the conviction on technical grounds, it did not vindicate bill cosby's conduct and should not be interpreted as a statement or a finding he did not engage in the acts of which he has been accused. the accusations against cosby work obvious a quite disturbing. many of the lead victims claimed cosby drug them with pills and then raped them of their unconscious. cosby does have some supporters including his former tv wife from the cosby show actress felicia shopper she tweeted quote finally a terrible wrong is being righted. miscarriage of justice is corrected. and tweet. so did the court to the right thing or were they wrong? aren't here to comment could cost efface another truck was at work there's only o

forward ten years later, a new district attorney used that deposition as part of the basis to charge bill cosbyin. the pennsylvania supreme court calling that decision fundamentally unfair. prosecutors and accusers say that doesn't change the underlying facts of the case while cosby's legal team is calling this justice. stephanie gosk, nbc news, elkins park, pennsylvania. >> new at 11:00, an investing app. robinhood has been fined $70 million for outages and misleading its customers. the statement regards the technical failures that robinhood experienced in march of 2020 as the stock market was in a nosedive amid the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. now the largest penalty, the financial industry regulatory authority has ever lev need the organization that oversees the brokerage firm said that it fined robinhood $57 million and ordered the stock trading app to pay nearly 13 million in restitution to thousand of clients. as of today, pinterest is banning ads with weight los angeles wage and imagery. it's a policy shift that pinterest says make its first social media platform to ban all weight

gloria allred who represented 30 of bill cosby�*s accusers said: bill cosby became known as america'se as cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit sitcom the cosby show. his conviction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault could be heard in the us justice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle fleury, bbc news, pennsylvania. president xijinping president xi jinping says that china's renaissance has become irreversible. in a speech marking the centenary of the chinese communist party. addressing massed caterers in tiananmen square, the president said that the communist party had transformed the future of the chinese people and altered the chinese people and altered the landscape of world development. he also said the area of china being bullied is gone. translation: fist area of china being bullied is gone. tuna/mom- gone. translation: at the same time the chinese people _ gone. translation: at the same time the chinese people will- time the chinese people will never allow

bill cosby is a free man, released from prison after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned to sexualault conviction more than two years into a three to 10-year sentence. correspondent bryan llenas to cover the cosby trial in 2010 has the latest for us tonight. good evening, bryan. >> shannon, good evening. a month ago, 83-year-old bill cosby was denied parole and said to carry out an up to 10-year prison sentence, the result of the first high-profile conviction in the me two era. cosby is now sleeping in the comfort of his own bed. bill cosby signaling the v for victory sign as he emerged from his suburban adelphi home a free man after pennsylvania's supreme court overturned his sexual assault conviction from 2018 based on allegations made by former temple university employee andrea constand. the justices ruled cosby did not receive a fair trial because back in 2005 prosecutors agreed not to criminally prosecute him in exchange for his cooperation in a civil suit filed by andrea constand. cosby agreed and made incriminating statements that were then used against him in bringing crimi

bill cosby, once again a free man and the former actor and comedian arrived back home after pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction. we have that ruling that has stunned his many accusers. >> reporter: after a stunning court reversal, he has been released from prison and the pennsylvania court overturned the 83-year-old sexual assault conviction on a technicality. >> this decision will be criticized far and wide even though the lawyers will tell you it is a correct decision. >> he was not found not guilty. he is not now innocent. >> reporter: he was convicted and 2018 of drugging and molesting a temple university employee at a 2004 location. but they said he never should've e been charged becaus a formerer district attorney ma a deal with the comedian in exchange for testimony in a civivil case brought by the victim and he would not face criminal chargeses. >> bill cosby relied on that promise and he couldn't take the fifth amendment to say that he could incriminate himself because he was never going to be prosecuted. >> reporter: he was sentenced for 3 to 10 yea