In 2018, Bill Cosby was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Toronto woman Andrea Constand.

Bill Cosby, his lawyers and agents have suggested that many of the accusers were "gold diggers" seeking money or fame.

The settlement ends a court fight that predates the 81-year-old's conviction a year ago for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University administrator, in 2004.

Bill Cosby on his prison sentence; "I stand upright as a political prisoner and I smile. The truth is strong!"

Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby has been in jail for four months, but his wife and children haven't been to the prison once in that time.

Montgomery County judge Steven T. O'Neill said that "no hearing or argument is required on the issues raised" by Cosby.

Bill Cosby's lawyers have asked a Pennsylvania court to overturn the actor's conviction and three- to 10-year prison sentence because of what they call a string of errors in his sex assault case.

Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill also declared Bill Cosby, 81, a "sexually violent predator."

The statement begins: "To truly understand the impact that sexual assault has had on my life, you have to understand the person I was before it happened."

A Pennsylvania state board psychologist testified that Cosby would probably commit another offence if given the chance.