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Bill Cosby loses bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction

The ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed its support for a tactic prosecutors have deployed with increasing frequency to shore up sexual assault allegations that might previously have been dismissed as “he said-she said” cases.

In this file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing at the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown on Sept. 24, 2018. Cosby was convicted that year of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his Cheltenham home in 2004. On Tuesday, a Pennsylvania appeals court upheld that conviction.
In this file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing at the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown on Sept. 24, 2018. Cosby was convicted that year of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his Cheltenham home in 2004. On Tuesday, a Pennsylvania appeals court upheld that conviction.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer