Bill Cosby filed another appeal of his conviction on sexual assault charges on Tuesday, arguing that five of his accusers should’ve never been allowed to testify in his second trial.
The funnyman-turned-felon is currently serving a three- to 10-year prison sentence for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his Pennsylvania home in 2004.
The 348-page appeal filed by his lawyers in Pennsylvania Superior Court claims his “conviction was not based on any credible evidence that he actually committed the crimes for which he was on trial.”
They take issue with the fact that Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill allowed testimony from five of his alleged victims, who told jurors the comedian plied them with pills before sexually assaulting them.
Cosby’s lawyers called their testimony “inflammatory evidence with no probative value to the actual crimes charged.”
In his own filing last month, O’Neill defended the decision, saying the accusers were allowed to take the stand because there were “striking similarities” in their accounts.
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office declined to comment, other than to say, “We have 30 days to file our response.”
Cosby filed an appeal to a lower court in December. His appeal to Pennsylvania Superior Court is the next step in the process.