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Cosby Among Celebs Denied Prison Release For Coronavirus, Others More Fortunate Cosby Among Celebs Denied Prison Release For Coronavirus, Others More Fortunate
Cosby Among Celebs Denied Prison Release For Coronavirus, Others More Fortunate COVID-19 concerns may have freed some lesser-known convicts but not Bill Cosby, Bernie Madoff or R. Kelly. Lawyers for Cosby appeared to have some help earlier this month when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf allowed a temporary reprieve for an estimated 1,500 to 1,800 vulnerable and nonviolent prisoners at or close to their release dates. The only trouble was: Sex offenders in the Keystone State aren’t eligible for reprieves, a corrections spokesperson said. That rules out Cosby, 82, who’s serving a three- to 10-year sentence in a state prison outside Philadelphia for drugging and sexually assa…

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Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Jackson Browne Tests Positive For Coronavirus Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Jackson Browne Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Jackson Browne Tests Positive For Coronavirus California rock and roll veteran Jackson Browne thinks he caught the coronavirus in New York City two weeks ago. It started with a small cough and a temperature after the 71-year-old singer played a benefit at Manhattan’s Beacon Theater with, among others, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes and Susan Tedeschi, Browne told Rolling Stone. He later tested positive – as did several others at the benefit, he said. Browne said he’s been recuperating since then, with mild symptoms, at his Los Angeles home. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee doesn’t need medication or hospitalization…

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Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of the New York State corrections officers union confirmed on Sunday. Weinstein, the 68-year-old former movie producer serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, was placed in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility, said Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. Weinstein was transferred to the maximum security prison east of Buffalo from Rikers Island on Wednesday, authorities said. Rikers reportedly has one of the country's highe…

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