US comedian Bill Cosby has been released from prison after a US court overturned his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.

His release came shortly after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that Cosby had been denied a fair trial in 2018 when he was convicted of assaulting Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia mansion.

His conviction was a crucial guilty verdict for sexual assault against a celebrity kickstarting the reckoning against sexual violence and abuse of power dubbed the #MeToo movement.