The trial court, intermediate appellate court, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court all rejected Cosby's efforts to stop the criminal case.
Heh. When offered a chance to review the rationale it now uses to dismiss the conviction, the PA supreme Court said there was no issue with bringing crimnal charges.
Now there is?
Nothing changed.
Law is whimsy. Depends who you draw for a prosecutor, judge.
That is how I read it too. The article is also wrong in that Cosby never could have been “forced” to testify in any court - not the civil court or criminal. He could have claimed 5th amendment rts in both courts. The civil court would have ruled, though, that his denial to testify via 5th amendment rts would have been a tacit admission but it would not be an admission in the criminal cases.