Bill Cosby: Performer leaves prison after court overturns sex assault conviction By Amy Coles

A court ordered that the 83-year-old be freed after serving more than two years of a three-to-10-year prison sentence Bill Cosby has left prison after a court overturned his sex assault conviction. The 83-year-old former stand-up comedian and actor walked free on Wednesday after serving more than two years of a three-to-10-year prison sentence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later he made a V-for-victory sign with his fingers outside his home in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, while his team made statements on his behalf. One of his lawyers Jennifer Bonjean said: "We are thrilled to have Mr Cosby home. He served three years of an unjust sentence and he did it with dignity and principle and he was a mentor to other people. "He was doing the time - the time was not doing him." She added: "We knew all along he shouldn't have been prosecuted for this." Cosby himself later tweeted: "I have never changed my stance nor my story. I have always maintained my innocence.