Prosecutors Urge Supreme Court To Restore Bill Cosby's Conviction

The district attorney who put former comedian Bill Cosby in prison in 2018 has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate his conviction.

Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction, complaining in a petition released Monday the verdict was thrown out over a questionable agreement that the comic claimed gave him lifetime immunity.

They said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in June to overturn Cosby's conviction created a dangerous precedent by giving a press release the legal weight of an immunity agreement.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele called the court's decision "an indefensible rule," predicting an onslaught of criminal appeals if it remains law.