4 monthes ago | By Fortune
Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 14 years ago, the District Attorney's office in Montgomery County, Penn., announced Tuesday afternoon.
“This was a serious crime,” said Judge Steven O'Neill, according to CNN. “Mr. Cosby this has all circled back to you. The day has come, the time has come.”
Aside from the jail time, O'Neill fined fined Cosby, $25,000 plus the costs of prosecution. He's also been designated a “sexually violent predator,” meaning Cosby, 81, will have to undergo lifetime counseling and report to...
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4 monthes ago | By Boston Herald
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing : 2:55 p.m. Bill Cosby has left a Pennsylvania courtroom in handcuffs to begin serving a three-to-10 year prison sentence for sexual assault. Defense lawyers tried to keep the 81-year-old out of prison while he appeals his conviction, saying he's frail and legally blind. Judge Steven O'Neill refused their plea for Cosby to remain on house arrest, ruling Tuesday that Cosby will be locked up immediately. O'Neill says Cosby could "quite possibly be a danger to the community."
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4 monthes ago | By Think Progress
NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - Bill Cosby, who for a half-century reigned as one of America's most prominent and universally adored entertainers until a multitude of women publicly accused him of sexual violence, was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in a state prison.
Cosby was also classified as a violent sexual predator. He will be required to register with the Pennsylvania state police for the rest of his life.
As soon as the sentence was read, Joseph Green, Cosby's attorney, leapt up and requested bail for appeal.
“He is a risk,” Judge Steven T. O'Neill replied. “I'm not going to...
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4 monthes ago | By News One
Bill Cosby was sentenced on Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Judge Steven T. O'Neill sentenced the 81-year-old following the conclusion of the hearing to determine how long he would be behind bars for being convicted of sexual assault.
BREAKING: Bill Cosby, 81, is sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for 2004 sexual assault.
- The Associated Press September 25, 2018
“It is time for justice. Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The time has come,” O'Neill said .
It was unclear if Cosby would be immediately...
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4 monthes ago | By Boston Herald
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, becoming the first celebrity of the MeToo era to be sent to prison. The punishment all but completed the dizzying, late-in-life fall from grace for the comedian, former TV star and breaker of racial barriers.
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4 monthes ago | By RT
Comedian Bill Cosby, 81, has been sentenced to three to 10 years in a Pennsylvania state prison for drugging and molesting a woman in 2004.
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4 monthes ago | By NPR
Cosby, 81, is the first celebrity sent to prison in the MeToo era. The sentence completes the TV dad's stunning fall from groundbreaking cultural icon to convicted sex offender. (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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4 monthes ago | By Time
Bill Cosby will serve 3-10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004.
Judge Steven T. O'Neill also designated the disgraced comedian as a sexually violent predator - meaning he will have to register as a sex offender for life and undergo counseling - on Tuesday after a two-day sentencing hearing in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Though at least 60 women have come forward to accuse Cosby of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1960s, Constand's case was the only allegation that resulted in criminal charges - and the only...
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4 monthes ago | By ABC
Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to ten years in state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over a decade ago.
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