Bill Cosby Assault Case: A Timeline From Accusation to Sentencing
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Bill Cosby Assault Case: A Timeline From Accusation to Sentencing
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This article was updated Sept. 25, 2018]
Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home near here 14 years ago. Ten women, including Andrea Constand, who Mr. Cosby was convicted of assaulting, were in the courthouse to witness the sentencing.
Mr. Cosby, one of the world’s best-known entertainers, was found guilty in April of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Ms. Constand, at the time a Temple University employee he had mentored.
During the trial, Ms. Constand became something of a proxy for other women, more than 50, who have accused Mr. Cosby of similar sexual misconduct. In the last few years, he has lost television deals,
honorary college degrees and
his reputation as “America’s Dad.”
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Here is how the case unfolded and ended with
Mr. Cosby’s prison sentence:
November 2002
Ms. Constand, who works for the Temple University women’s basketball team, meets Mr. Cosby, a Temple alumnus and supporter, at one of the team’s games in Philadelphia.
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Andrea Constand in December 2015. That month, Mr. Cosby was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting her.CreditMarta Iwanek/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press
January 2004
The month that Ms. Constand said Mr. Cosby assaulted her at his home after giving her wine and three pills that left her “frozen.” Besides the issue of whether the encounter was consensual, Mr. Cosby’s team has questioned whether it occurred earlier than Ms. Constand described, which could place the episode too far outside the statute of limitations for Mr. Cosby to be held criminally liable.
January 2005
Ms. Constand, who has left Temple and moved back home to Toronto, tells her mother that Mr. Cosby assaulted her about a year earlier. They call him and contact the Canadian police. Three days later, Mr. Cosby returns the call, apologizes, declines to identify the pills, but suggests the sex was consensual.
Feb. 17, 2005
The Montgomery County district attorney at the time, Bruce L. Castor Jr., decides not to charge Mr. Cosby, citing “insufficient credible and admissible evidence.”
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Three of the women who accused Mr. Cosby of sexual abuse, with the attorney Gloria Allred, right, in 2016. Kelly Johnson, second from right, testified at Mr. Cosby’s first trial.CreditKevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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March 8, 2005
Ms. Constand sues Mr. Cosby. Eventually a dozen women will agree to present testimony of similar behavior on his part.
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Andrea Constand is the only woman among more than 50 accusers whose complaint against Mr. Cosby has resulted in a conviction. He was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison on Tuesday.Published OnApril 26, 2018CreditCreditImage by Mark Makela/Getty Images
September 2005
In deposition testimony, Mr. Cosby admits to obtaining quaaludes to give to young women for sex. Ms. Constand’s suit is later settled, and both sign a nondisclosure agreement. The deposition and settlement amount are not made public at that point.
October 2014
During a comedy routine, Hannibal Buress
refers to Mr. Cosby as a rapist. A video of the moment goes viral, prompting many other women to come forward with accusations.
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Janice dikkinson in 2016. She testified that Mr. Cosby sexually assaulted her in 1982 after giving her a pill in a Lake Tahoe hotel room.CreditNick Ut/Associated Press
July 2015
A judge releases parts of Mr. Cosby’s deposition in the 2005 civil case. The criminal investigation is later reopened and detectives visit Toronto to interview Ms. Constand.
Nov. 3, 2015
Montgomery County voters elect Kevin R. Steele as district attorney. He had criticized the 2005 decision not to prosecute Mr. Cosby.
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Kevin R. Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney who prosecuted Mr. Cosby.CreditLucas Jackson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Dec. 30, 2015
Mr. Cosby is arrested on charges of aggravated indecent assault. Based on the timing described by Ms. Constand, the charges come just before the expiration of the 12-year statute of limitations for the charge.
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Mr. Cosby leaving his arraignment hearing in December 2015.CreditBryan Anselm for The New York Times
June 17, 2017
Mr. Cosby’s first trial ends in a mistrial after jurors remain deadlocked following six days of deliberations.
April 9, 2018
The retrial begins. For the first time, the amount of Mr. Cosby’s settlement with Ms. Constand is revealed:
$3.38 million. And this time, the judge allows five women to testify that Mr. Cosby assaulted them
in ways similar to how Ms. Constand says she was attacked. In the first trial, only one other woman was permitted to take the stand.
Mr. Cosby has a new witness, too:
a Temple employee who said Ms. Constand once told her she could make money by falsely accusing a prominent person.
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Mr. Cosby during his sexual assault trial in April in Norristown, Pa.CreditMatt Slocum/Associated Press
April 26, 2018
A jury found
Mr. Cosby guilty on three counts of assaulting Ms. Constand: penetration with lack of consent, penetration while unconscious and penetration after administering an intoxicant. These are felonies, each punishable by up to 10 years in state prison, though the sentences could be served concurrently.
Sept. 25, 2018
A judge sentenced Mr. Cosby to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Ms. Constand 14 years ago. Mr. Cosby was led away in handcuffs after the judge denied a request that he remain free on bail while he pursues an anticipated appeal.
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 26, 2018, on Page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: A Timeline From Accusation to Sentencing.
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your opinion once you start speaking that “Liberal/Left Wing” jargon..
for Dr. Huxtable because he definitely did some dirty shyt with SOME(not all) of these women..
As for this whole "justice was served" bullshyt people are saying today, it's like they forget about the mistrial and the fact that they originally voted not guilty but the judge made them stay to change their vote.
