Posted on 04/26/2018 12:21:18 PM PDT by Simon Green
Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America's Dad.
Cosby, 80, could end up spending his final years in prison after a jury concluded he sexually assaulted Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. He claimed the encounter was consensual.
Cosby stared straight ahead as the verdict was read but moments later lashed out loudly at District Attorney Kevin Steele after the prosecutor demanded the former TV star be sent immediately to jail. Steele told the judge Cosby has a plane and might flee.
"He doesn't have a plane, you a--hole!" Cosby shouted at Steele. "I'm sick of him!"
The judge decided Cosby can remain free on $1 million bail while he awaits sentencing, but restricted him to Montgomery County, where his home is. No sentencing date was set.
Cosby waved to the crowd outside the courthouse, got into an SUV and left without comment. His lawyer Tom Mesereau declared "the fight is not over" and said he will appeal.
Shrieks erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced, and some of his accusers whimpered and cried. Constand remained stoic, then hugged her lawyer and members of the prosecution team.
"Justice has been done!" celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who represented some of Cosby's accusers, said on the courthouse steps. "We are so happy that finally we can say women are believed."
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I gave these women the benefit of the doubt until this scumbag beotch quote came up. I have a feeling the "Cos" is guilty but Allred has zero credibility and neither do most of her "clients" in general.
hes old, blind and ill.
appeals will keep him out of jail till he expires.
a case of failing to strike while the iron was hot (20yrs ago?)
Would argue with that.
Still, I’d like to see him behind bars.
I’m not especially vindictive, but what he did way over the line.
All except one are correct.
That Piper Fokker is a Messerschmidt!
The incident with Andrea Constand was in 2004. She went to police but the DA declined to file charges. She filed a civil suit, Cosby was required to testify, admitted giving women drugs. They made a settlement in 2006. This became an issue in the 2015 DA election and a new DA was elected, who did pursue charges. This was only possible because of Pennsylvania’s unusually long 12 year statute of limitations. I think that Cosby is guilty. I am uncomfortable that he was required to testify against himself and later prosecuted using on that testimony.
Only 12 more posts to go!
I stand corrected.
I stand corrected.
It was a crime then. She wanted to file charges 10 years ago, but the DA refused, thinking he couldn’t get a conviction, and advised her to try to get justice in a civil suit. Fast forward to the story going public in 2014, and a new DA making the decision to charge him, just before the statute of limitations ran out.
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