The Supreme Court found that District Attorney Kevin Steele did not stand by a promise to Cosby by his predecessor, former prosecutor Bruce Castor, not to file criminal charges if the comedian testified in a 2005 civil lawsuit filed by Constand against Cosby.
Cosby admitted during testimony during that trial to using quaaludes during consensual sexual encounters with women in the 1970s.
The civil lawsuit was settled in 2006 for approximately $3 million. Steele filed criminal charges against Cosby in 2015. Although more than 50 women accused Cosby of similar crimes, the statute of limitations had run out -- for sex crimes, the statute of limitations expires after 12 years.
Cosby, now 83, vowed to serve his entire sentence rather than show remorse. He continues to claim the encounters were consensual.
Cosby will walk out of prison a free man this afternoon (June 30, 2021). ~Alexandra Heilbron