NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led off to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his gated estate. The punishment made him the first celebrity of the #MeToo era […]
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Board recommends Cosby be found a sexually violent predator
Bill Cosby should be classified as a sexually violent predator, according to an evaluation by Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offenders Assessment Board. The district attorney’s office that prosecuted Cosby asked a judge in a filing Tuesday to schedule a hearing on whether to accept the recommendation. No date was immediately set. “We will see them in court,” […]
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Colby rescinds honorary degree for Bill Cosby in wake of assault conviction
WATERVILLE — Colby College officials say an honorary degree awarded to comedian Bill Cosby in 1992 will be rescinded in light of his conviction last week on multiple accounts of indecent assault. “Following Bill Cosby’s conviction last week on multiple counts of sexual assault, the Colby College Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to rescind […]
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Bill Cosby convicted of sexually assaulting woman
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the “Cosby Show” star of three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday. The guilty verdict came less than a year after another jury deadlocked […]
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Jury deciding Bill Cosby's fate in sex-assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case began deliberating Wednesday in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, weighing charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago. The seven men and five women got the case after receiving final instructions from […]
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Topless protester wanted to make Bill Cosby feel uncomfortable
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester who appeared on several episodes of “The Cosby Show” as a child jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian entered a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial. The woman, whose body was scrawled […]
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Bill Cosby judge declares mistrial as jury deadlocks again
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended without a verdict Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s image as “America’s Dad.” Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a judge they couldn’t agree on whether […]
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Deadlock in Bill Cosby trial; jury told to keep at it
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial have told a judge they’re deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004. The panel deliberated about 30 hours over four days before telling Judge Steven O’Neill on Thursday they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on any of the charges. […]
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Q&A: What to expect during Bill Cosby’s jury selection
Bill Cosby, center, arrives for jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. Hundreds of potential jurors have been called to a Pittsburgh courthouse as the search for panel that will decide comedian Bill […]
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Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault, free on $1 million bail
ELKINS PARK, Pa. — Bill Cosby was arrested and charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America’s Dad. The case sets the stage for perhaps the […]