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Cosby pleaded not guilty to three charges, and his trial in court began June 5, 2017.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/us/bill-cosby-sex-abuse-hearing Bill Cosby sex abuse hearing]</ref> The first trial ended in a [[hung jury]], and he was [[New trial|retried]] in 2018.<ref>[http://pagesix.com/2017/06/18/cosby-knew-he-would-get-a-hung-jury-all-along/ Cosby knew he would get a hung jury all along]</ref> The second trial resulted in a conviction and Cosby, at the age of 81, was sentenced to 3 – 10 years.  He served two years when on June 30, 2021, the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] fully reversed a conviction and ordered his immediate release without any more retrials, on grounds that a former district attorney had agreed not to prosecute Cosby (due, in part, to lack of admissible evidence, primarily that the victim had waited an entire year before filing a criminal complaint, and in the interim continued to have contact with Cosby) in exchange for forcing him to testify in the victim's civil suit against him.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/arts/television/bill-cosby-guilty-retrial.html Bill Cosby found guilty]</ref>  (The prosecutors appealed to the [[United States Supreme Court]], which denied certiorari, thus Cosby's acquittal is final.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/politics/supreme-court-bill-cosby/index.html</ref>)

Cosby pleaded not guilty to three charges, and his trial in court began June 5, 2017.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/us/bill-cosby-sex-abuse-hearing Bill Cosby sex abuse hearing]</ref> The first trial ended in a [[hung jury]], and he was [[New trial|retried]] in 2018.<ref>[http://pagesix.com/2017/06/18/cosby-knew-he-would-get-a-hung-jury-all-along/ Cosby knew he would get a hung jury all along]</ref> The second trial resulted in a conviction and Cosby, at the age of 81, was sentenced to 3 – 10 years.  He served two years when on June 30, 2021, the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] fully reversed a conviction and ordered his immediate release without any more retrials, on grounds that a former district attorney had agreed not to prosecute Cosby (due, in part, to lack of admissible evidence, primarily that the victim had waited an entire year before filing a criminal complaint, and in the interim continued to have contact with Cosby) in exchange for forcing him to testify in the victim's civil suit against him.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/arts/television/bill-cosby-guilty-retrial.html Bill Cosby found guilty]</ref>  (The prosecutors appealed to the [[United States Supreme Court]], which denied certiorari, thus Cosby's acquittal is final.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/politics/supreme-court-bill-cosby/index.html</ref>)

Several universities have revoked honorary degrees awarded to Cosby due to sexual assault allegations, including [[Yale University]] which revoked the first honorary degree in the history of the university.

Cosby received 62 honorary degrees from universities across the United States, most of which have been revoked due to sexual assault allegations, including [[Yale University]], which revoked the first honorary degree in its history. He also lost the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which he won in 2009.

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