Bill Cosby found guilty of drugging, molesting woman
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Nearly 14 years after Bill Cosby drugged and molested a woman 30 years his junior, a jury found him guilty Thursday of all charges in his sex assault retrial.
The disgraced comedian showed no emotion and looked down at the table in front of him as the verdicts were read — which prompted some of his victims in the gallery to burst into tears.
The convicted pervert now faces up to 10 years behind bars on each of the three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
The reckoning comes following the disgraced comic’s second trial, and just over 14 hours of deliberations by a panel of five women and seven men.
His chief accuser, Andrea Constand, bravely took the stand to publicly relay for a second time her recollection of the horrifying 2004 attack.
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One last time.
I'll Still like the "Cosby Show". Much Better message than his real life actions.
True.
I am sorry to see this.
You have to wonder about the appeals that will happen, I still don't understand how the prosecution got around the Statute of Limitations, but I'm not a lawyer. So, you have to wonder if he will actually serve time? Stay Tuned - more excitement to come!
I don't think he will because let's admit it, he's ancient. He's as old as the Noah he played on that album he recorded.
They think that he will get maybe two years because of his health.
No matter what punishment man places on him here on earth, he cannot escape the worst yet to come.
Ironic how he blasted Eddie Murphy years ago for using foul language in his comedy routine and here he raped women and in court today used foul language.
I haven't been paying any attention to this. Sounds like Cosby may have been a pig after all.
I hate to make too much light of the situation, but damn. WTF was Constand thinking? "I don't know, Cosby has already unbuttoned my pants once, and made other unwanted passes at me. What harm could come of drinking some booze and throwing back some unknown pills, while I am alone with him at his house?" Protect yourself a little people.
Wow how the mighty have fallen.
I hope they throw the book at him.
I doubt they will in this case but, they might do it in a civil case. They say because of his age he will get maybe two years.
That is what they are 'hoping' for, but, reality may have a different mindset. I don't think they will go lightly on him simply because of his age. He showed no remorse at all, disrespected the DA, judge and the court, so chances of his being given a light sentence is not really that much of a given.
I am sure a civil suit will follow.
Hey Cosby, I bet you aren't laughing now in court like you did the other day. Too bad he won't end up in gen pop. He will most likely go to a minimum security club fed.
I bet he gets an ankle bracelet
He has one now until sentencing.
Holy Cow !
The friggin media is going ballistic over this. It's like the "President of the United States" was just shot.
"Can we have a closer closeup of his SUV please " ???????????
No, more like the President of the United States was just found guilty of sexual assault, which he really should be. Sure, Cosby had over 60 accusers, but Trump has at least 19 so hopefully this will set the precedent in the "Me Too" movement and we'll get Trump in a courtroom soon.
NO !
Yeah.....but...all it takes is one. It only took the one to find Cosby guilty, and the 5 who testified just added more credibility to the accuser. He was found guilty on 3 counts, not just one, each with a maximum sentence of 10 years, so 30 years in prison is what he is facing.
While he may not be sentenced to the 30 years, it is sure not to be that light of a sentence. Making excuses of age and health to avoid any time in prison would be a travesty of justice.
Plus, Cosby has been living free and high on the hog all these many years in spite of his sins against these women, so it is only fair that now he pays the price now regardless of his age and health.
Kind of reminds me of the OJ chase.
They STILL have cameras on his SUV. It's a friggin old guy that took advantage of women decades ago, not Lee Harvey Oswald.
Just settin' the record straight.
"Sure that is going to go over well with the judge..... I'm thinking maximum for Doctor Huxtable"
Who knows these days !
"Old, old guy with no record? Doubt it will be the max penalty"
In law, age does not make a difference unless you are a minor, and even then you can be tried as an adult depending on the severity of the crime.
Plus, the fact that he was found guilty on 3 counts does not lean itself to to a light sentence. Add the fact that what he knowingly and deliberately used a drug on the women to render them totally helpless in order to assault them.
The maximum penalty is not only fair, but, anything less would be an added insult to the women he deliberately drugged and assaulted.
Agree with all of your points.
I do have one question: Why is it that the previous jury who heard this case was so hopelessly deadlocked?
I have no idea. I guess they had their reasons. And frankly, I don't care what they were. The jury of this trial were obviously able to digest the the proceedings of the trial and come to a conclusion of guilty. It is not unusual that a second jury is able to come to a conclusion where the first jury were not able to do so. It is not that uncommon. I think it has more to do with the human factor involved and how they view the testimony and facts presented in the case.
Whatever the reason, he has been found guilty by a group of his peers. People can make all the excuses for him they want, but, it will not change the fact that he has been found guilty. What happens next is up to the judge.
"At his age, as good a chance to die in prison as outside of it, no matter the sentence"
That I can agree with. The Grim Reaper doesn't discriminate.
The extra witness's that were in this trial weren't in the last one.
If you keep on pushing, you'll push on through to the other side. It's an old Alinsky rule.
If you dont succeed try try again. (My conservative fathers rule.)
They could also have been an adder factor. But, I also think is was due to the fact that this jury did not buy the Defense efforts to try to taint and disparage the witnesses against Cosby The DA obviously did a better job of presenting the facts against Cosby as well. They were much better prepared this time around.
Personally, I think the Defense was counting too much on public sentiment toward Cosby due to his pretense of being such an upstanding person for so many years and they people would be easily swayed to think of him as being incapable of doing such a thing. However, they found out that didn't work as well as they may have hoped.
Ah, yes
I thought about that too. There is another thing that should be mentioned. In this case, lawyers for the defense were very aggressive with those additional witness's, attacking them and defaming them in a way that I think would turn the jury against the defense. I think it only added to the verdict that was coming.
You never attack someone who has yelled rape, you attack their story, if you can, if there is proof in your possession that proves they lied. That is the one thing the defense couldn't do in this case.
I couldn't agree with you more. That tactic backfires in today's world. That is progress!
I hope he gets probation and asks for a refund from this woman to the tune of $3.4 million.
I think the number of accusations probably influenced the jury. Not that he's not guilty, but it is easier to get away with one accusation than 30.
He is the guy that believed his own publicity and thought he had become "bulletproof" and became entitled.
I'm sure he rationalized that drugging and raping women was really something he was doing for their own good.
While I think Cosby is guilty, I think the prosecution committed a completely underhanded act in their closing argument. This act actually calls into question the entire court system. When I heard this on the radio, they said that the prosecutor said that the defense shouldn't attack women who came forward. Excuse me, but that is what the court system is all about: calling into question the credibility of the other side's witnesses. To say that the defense should not call into question any accusers' credibility is essentially saying that no one has the right to a fair trial and we might as well get rid of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
I think a lot of these women were looking for a payday, remembering that Paula Jones came away with about $800.000, if memory serves.
Well, this woman got $3.4 million. Did she come forward after 14 years because he stopped paying her?
They have another one to crucify.....Tom Brokaw! His supposed ill deeds were in the 90's. It's amazing to me how these celebrities are sooooooooooooo much sex fiends. And, yet, it was such a trauma that they waited absolute years to accuse them.
And, little ole me, took care of my sexual assault the next day. But, then, this professor wasn't a celebrity.
Many of these women had no need of a "payday".
I don't think Cosby had to give them a damn thing for their cooperation! After all, he was Bill Cosby!
"I think a lot of these women were looking for a payday,"
I don't think that will fly. Using a means to totally disable a woman so that she is unable to resist or defend herself is not in any way construed to be 'consensual'. What part of that do you not understand.
And that is like blaming a woman who was raped for being sexually accosted, and/or raped, and the perp is automatically determined to be innocent, even when proven guilty.
I thought that thinking went out years ago. Guess some never give up their Misogynistic prejudices.
I agree with you, and even if MOST of these women WERE looking for a payday, (which I do not believe they were), it would still mean that some of the women were not in it for a payday and were in it because Cosby assaulted them. No matter how you slice it, Cosby molested women, and by the looks of it, a lot of women.
When the Cosby thing first started and there were one or two accusers, I could see that they may be in it for a payday...I mean, it's not unheard of. But then there were more accusers, and more and more and more. Sorry, I could call BS on one or two accusers but 60? No. Cosby is a scumbag, and it pains me to say that because I have been a fan since I was a kid.
His accusers were on a roll!
Agreed. Plus he also already admitted that he bought the pills to drug the women with some time ago. So now he wants the world to believe he is innocent? Of course there will be those who will defend him to the end, and claim that he was falsely accused, but, his own admission is what counts the most.
Trying to defend and deny his guilt is merely accepting what he did as being OK with them.
No, mam, it didn't.
Maybe, with any ole guy, but not with a celebrity. And, you think that Cosby had to drug women to have sex with him? You are living in la la land! Did he have some kind of sex with her? Sure did. You think that Weinstein, Lauer, et al had to seduce women?
Apparently, he did. I think you are the one living in la la land.
"You think that Weinstein, Lauer, et al had to seduce women? "
They are not part of this case, nor topic. Please do not deflect from the topic of my comment.
Frankly, I think Cosby has a good chance of winning on appeal because of what the prosecutor said about the defense attacking the women. That is prejudicial and attacks the core of the court's adversarial system.
No. They resorted to rape. Just like Cosby.
You do realize that he said in a sworn deposition that he DID buy drugs to get women to have sex with him, right?
Some here will stand on their heads and spit wooden nickels in order to shamelessly support perverts and sexual harassers. It's mind boggling.
Agreed.
Well, they supported roy moore too, so not terribly surprising.
Well, Gloria supported all those poor accusers of Roy Moore's until the day after the election and then she waved goodbye to them as she set out to publicly convict another Republican opponent.
I resent the accusation that anyone on this side would support such crimes as Bill Cosby was accused of committing. I assure you that is not the case.
I didn't support mine. I reported him the very next day!
And, you think that Cosby had to drug women to have sex with him?
You might want to research Andrew Luster. He was famous, rich, and handsome who could pretty much get any woman he wanted. Now he is in prison for drugging and raping women.
Ummm, he admitted to it.
Well, good for you. Yet, here you are supporting the very same kind of behavior, in fact you are defending the pervert.
Judge orders house arrest for Bill Cosby
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A judge is confining Bill Cosby to his suburban Philadelphia home until the comedian is sentenced on sexual assault charges.
Cosby must also wear a GPS monitoring device under the order issued Friday by Judge Steven O'Neill.
The judge had suggested Thursday after Cosby was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault that he would be allowed to move around Montgomery County, where his home is located.
The modified order says can leave his house only to meet with his lawyers or to get medical treatment but must get permission before doing so.
O'Neill said he issued Friday's order to "clarify" the restrictions.
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The latest on Cosby's house arrest.
I won't be surprised if Mr cosby dies at home during the probable lengthy appeals process.
Now that he has been convicted his life will never be the same. The stress of all this has got to taking it's toll and WTF does this old man have to look forward to now ?
Death may seem more welcome at this point and the cos an't no spring chicken, I'm sure his lawyers will do all they can to keep him out of jail for the rest of his life as well.
Karma.
Ya bet'cha!
The only problem I have is seeing Gloria Allred spitting at the cameras. You won't find a word written anywhere about the emotional defense of Roy Moore's accusers by Gloria Allred since that election ended. She dropped those accusers like hot potatoes after the objective was obtained.
I know Bill Cosby was done when he said blacks should start taking responsibility for themselves a long time ago. His career ended at that moment.
In this country we use to convict people with evidence and not the number of people accusing someone of a crime. I would say the majority in today's society are looking for a payday and have jumped on the gravy train to get their share.
I'm inclined to believe he is guilty for one major reason and that was when he paid out that 3 million dollars. In my opinion that's when he convicted himself. If you are innocent, you should take the hits and fight against the accuser or accusers. In situations like this it is impossible to prove you are innocent and bad publicity in a growing career could have played a part at that time, but at this time he's old news. With accusations like the ones he was facing gives the accusation more leverage than the actual crime. It's so bad, he guilty by emotion.
I never cared that much for him anyway, but that had nothing to do with him personally.
A lot of Blacks will feel it's because he is a black man and I tend to agree with them a little on this issue. The crime he was charged for and the number of accusers without any concrete evidence other than accusations as far as I know put another black man in prison. That's the way some of them will see it. What does he have to offer those who knew this, if it is true, years ago? Nothing. He benefited and many others benefited over his life time in show business, but he's a old used up rag now when they no longer need or can use him to benefit them.
The crime he was charged for and the number of accusers without any concrete evidence other than accusations as far as I know put another black man in prison.
In the stand up community it was widely known that Cosby would drug women and have sex with then while they were knocked out. That’s what started this whole thing - when Hannibal Buress actually brought this knowledge to a larger audience. Cosby the entertainer was bulletproof for decades due to his extreme popularity in the public eye, but these stories have been in private circulation for just as long.
Bravo!