# Court Overturns Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction By Human Events · Published 2021-06-30 · News & Analysis › Politics · https://humanevents.com/news/court-overturns-bill-cosbys-sexual-assault-conviction > After just three years in prison, Bill Cosby’s high-profile sexual assault conviction was overturned by a Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday. The 7-member Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Cosby was denied a fair trial in 2018 and will be released after serving three years out of a three to ten year sentence at a maximum-security facility, \[…\] After just three years in prison, Bill Cosby’s high-profile sexual assault conviction was overturned by a Pennsylvania appeals [court](https://humanevents.com/2021/06/30/scotus-upholds-eviction-moratorium/) on Wednesday. The 7-member Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Cosby was denied a fair trial in 2018 and will be released after serving three years out of a three to ten year sentence at a maximum-security facility, per the *[New York Times.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/arts/television/bill-cosby-release-conviction.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20210630&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta®i_id=94350836&segment_id=62191&user_id=d0df33b2e0eda809063303c7c5cb8cdf)* The ruling upended the case brought against Cosby by Pennsylvania prosecutors, which began with his arrest in 2015 on charges of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home eleven years prior. At the end of the 2018 trial, the jury convicted Cosby of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand.