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"Bill Cosby Sentenced "


  

          

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Bill Cosby Sentenced to 3 to 10 Years in Prison

• Bill Cosby was given a three-to-10 year prison sentence on Tuesday for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, Andrea Constand, at his home near here 14 years ago.

• Ten women who had accused Mr. Cosby of sexual abuse, including Ms. Constand, were in the courthouse to witness the sentencing.

• Prosecutors had asked that he be sentenced to the maximum: 10 years in prison.

• Before sentencing, Judge Steven T. O’Neill upheld a state board’s finding that Mr. Cosby is a sexually violent predator.

• The court released Ms. Constand’s full victim impact statement, in which she wrote: “Bill Cosby took my beautiful, healthy young spirit and crushed it.”

• Mr. Cosby declined an opportunity to address the court before his sentence was handed down.

A precipitous fall for ‘America’s Dad’
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — 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, completing the precipitous downfall to disgrace of a man from the heights of stardom and putting an exclamation mark on the first major conviction of the #MeToo era.

Mr. Cosby, 81, had been convicted in April of assaulting Andrea Constand, a Temple University employee at the time of the assault, who had looked upon him as a mentor but ended up being one of the dozens of women who have accused him of acts of predatory sexual abuse.

Nine of those women and Ms. Constand were in the Montgomery County Courthouse to witness the sentencing by Judge Steven T. O’Neill. Ms. Cosby’s wife, Camille, was not.

“It is time for justice, Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you,” Judge O’Neill said. “The day has come. The time has come.”

It was still unclear whether Mr. Cosby will go straight to prison or stay out on bail pending the expected appeal of his conviction. Prosecutors had asked for a maximum term of five to 10 years.

Mr. Cosby’s journey to prison was a long one. After his arrest in December 2015, his first trial in 2017 ended with a hung jury after six days of deliberations.

But at the retrial here in April, in the same courthouse and before the same judge, a jury convicted Mr. Cosby on only the second day of deliberations on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. One key difference in the trials: During the retrial, Judge O’Neill allowed five additional accusers to give their accounts of what they said was sexual abuse by Mr. Cosby. During the first trial, he had allowed only one additional accuser to join Ms. Constand in giving an account.

Mr. Cosby’s trial and conviction has played out at a time when the country is coming to terms with a culture of predatory sexual abuse by powerful men.

A large number of the women who accused Mr. Cosby of abusing them had expected a long prison sentence, one that offered a measure of comfort since their own claims were barred by the statute of limitations when they came forward in the past few years.

The defense said Mr. Cosby is no predator, but the judge disagreed
Judge O’Neill ruled earlier in the day that Mr. Cosby qualified as a “sexually violent predator” under Pennsylvania law.

His decision came after testimony by a psychologist for the defense, who said Mr. Cosby did not deserve that classification. The expert, Timothy Foley, said Mr. Cosby was no longer a threat to anyone and he contradicted a psychologist representing Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offenders Assessment Board who testified Monday, the first day of Mr. Cosby’s sentencing hearing. That psychologist had said Mr. Cosby had demonstrated a lifetime interest in sex with nonconsenting women, which indicated a mental abnormality.

The determination of whether a defendant is a sexually violent predator can be a factor in sentencing and in the conditions imposed both in prison and afterward.

“I found him to be extraordinarily low risk,” Dr. Foley said.

He came to his opinion, he said, after he met with Mr. Cosby for three hours on July 18 and also after reviewing some records. He said he had read none of the trial records or depositions in the case.

M. Stewart Ryan, a prosecutor, asked whether he was aware that Mr. Cosby had admitted to getting seven prescriptions of quaaludes to give to women for sex. Dr. Foley said he wasn’t.

Dr. Foley also said he didn’t know that five other women had testified at trial that they had been assaulted by Mr. Cosby.

Mr. Cosby’s lawyer, Joseph P. Green, argued Monday that Mr. Cosby’s age, 81, and the fact he is legally blind, meant he was no risk, especially since there have been no new allegations of sexual abuse leveled against him since 2004.

“How’s he going to meet these people?” Mr. Green said. “There is no reasonable prospect that an 81-year-old blind man is likely to reoffend.”

But the psychologist for the state panel, Kristen F. Dudley, said she did not believe the disorder had dissipated with age. “It is possible that he has already met someone who could be a future victim,” she said.

The final decision by Judge O’Neill upheld the board’s finding. He said the state had met “a clear and convincing standard.”

No final words from Mr. Cosby
Mr. Cosby was convicted in April of drugging and assaulting Ms. Constand, a former Temple University employee to whom he had been a mentor.

Ms. Constand spoke in court on Monday, along with her mother, father and sister. Ms. Constand told the judge: “The jury heard me, Mr. Cosby heard me and now all I am asking for is justice as the court sees fit.”


Andrea Constand, the victim of sexual assault by Mr. Cosby, said Monday she was asking for "justice as the court sees fit."
Photo by: Pool
But Mr. Cosby told the judge Tuesday through his lawyer that he did not intend to speak before sentencing.

Mr. Cosby has denied all the accusations against him and most experts had said they did not anticipate he would express remorse because his team has already announced plans to appeal his conviction.

He did answer a few procedural questions, and asked a question as prosecutors led him through a list of his duties now that he will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life. “If I went from a city to another city do I have to, even if it’s just overnight, I have to get in touch with the state police?” Mr. Cosby said. Mr. Ryan, the prosecutor, said he should consult his lawyer.

Nine women who have accused Mr. Cosby of similar acts of sexual abuse were in the courtroom Tuesday to watch the sentencing, including three who testified at the trial in April.

But Mrs. Cosby was not there.


Members of the media await the sentencing of Mr. Cosby outside the courtroom on Tuesday.
Photo by: Pool Mark Makela
Mr. Cosby had originally faced a maximum 30-year prison term: 10 years for each of three counts of aggravated indecent assault he was convicted of.

But Judge O’Neill chose on Monday to merge the counts into one, as is allowed when they stem from the same event. In this case, they originated with an encounter in January 2004 when, Ms. Constand said, Mr. Cosby sexually assaulted her after giving her pills that made her drift in and out of consciousness.

Judge O’Neill had to consider state guidelines that recommend, but do not mandate, appropriate sentence ranges. Those guidelines, which take into account any previous criminal record (Mr. Cosby has none), the seriousness of the offense, and mitigating and aggravating factors, suggest a range of about 10 months to four years, but Judge O’Neill had great leeway, and prosecutors on Monday asked him to sentence Mr. Cosby to a maximum five-to-10-year term.

Kevin R. Steele, the Montgomery County District Attorney, said Monday that the judge should use the sentencing to send a wider message.

“The bottom line, your honor, is nobody’s above the law,” said Mr. Steele. “Others in a similar situation need to understand that.”

Mr. Cosby’s lawyer, Mr. Green, argued Tuesday for house arrest, suggesting that prison would be too harsh a sentence for a “blind octogenarian first offender.”


  

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Bill Cosby Sentenced [View all] , Mafamaticks, Tue Sep-25-18 01:19 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
He's a pioneer
Sep 25th 2018
1
MIke Tyson and Pac did it first.
Sep 25th 2018
2
How'd I forget that.
Sep 25th 2018
3
      Man do yall take any history classes?!!?
Sep 25th 2018
28
      I left Jack Johnson out because his charge was unjust.
Sep 25th 2018
30
      m'saying. I read that like...wow. wow. wow.
Sep 26th 2018
43
           I don't believe you
Sep 26th 2018
93
                "me too era" what the fuck is that you dumb fuck?
Sep 28th 2018
109
                     Ha
Oct 02nd 2018
120
      Man do yall take any history classes?!!?
Sep 25th 2018
29
darren sharper is rolling over in his jail bunk.
Sep 26th 2018
44
And if he would've died at 75, he would've got away with everything.
Sep 25th 2018
4
And it was one joke that got the ball rolling
Sep 25th 2018
5
      need to hear Hannibal's take on all of this
Sep 25th 2018
6
      He's got to feel like either a chump or a hero.
Sep 25th 2018
7
      yeah, that's what did it...
Sep 25th 2018
9
      He had been getting away with Quaaluding them up since the 70's
Sep 25th 2018
14
      Cosby destroyed his own career
Sep 26th 2018
53
      LOL
Sep 25th 2018
22
      ^^^
Sep 25th 2018
23
      It was all largely out in the open. Alot of it had already been reported
Sep 25th 2018
10
      A leaked throwaway line.
Sep 25th 2018
12
           yeah i thought everybody knew
Sep 25th 2018
16
                I think that's what Hannibal said
Sep 25th 2018
20
                it's bizarre in how it got memory holed
Sep 26th 2018
42
                     I remember reading on OKP about the case he settled with one woman
Sep 26th 2018
50
      Actually it was Woody Allen
Sep 25th 2018
26
He's going to die in prison.
Sep 25th 2018
8
He'll be out in 3 years. It's not like he'll be with Chris and Wee-bay
Sep 25th 2018
11
      He'll be 84 years old by then
Sep 25th 2018
27
      Yeah, I'm not saying he's going to be murdered in prison.
Sep 25th 2018
36
nigga got zillions..he shoulda bought an island and bounced
Sep 25th 2018
13
Word to Uncle Rush
Sep 25th 2018
15
      zactly
Sep 25th 2018
17
      The Black Roman Polanski?
Sep 25th 2018
18
Lmao!! Trump could pardon Bill...predators of a feather.....
Sep 25th 2018
19
State Charges, not Federal
Sep 25th 2018
21
"The crime was too tragic, he couldn't make bail" (c) MC Ren
Sep 25th 2018
24
Sad day for all involved...
Sep 25th 2018
25
His biggest mistake? Dealing with White women.
Sep 25th 2018
31
nah.
Sep 25th 2018
32
I mean....
Sep 25th 2018
33
A key legal step to Cosby's conviction was his own decision to *sue his ...
Sep 25th 2018
34
All that drugging and raping was pretty bad.
Sep 25th 2018
35
lmfao nah breh
Sep 25th 2018
38
Yeah, rape black women only
Sep 25th 2018
39
That's not what he said, and I'm sure it's not what he meant
Sep 29th 2018
115
You're a fucking asshole. No wonder all the women left this site
Sep 26th 2018
46
that's an interesting take
Sep 26th 2018
55
I get that you mean he would've got away with it if they were black
Sep 26th 2018
90
      Perhaps he means he wouldn't be falsely accused if they were black
Sep 29th 2018
113
I still don't think he raped those women
Sep 25th 2018
37
This the hill you wanna die on?
Sep 25th 2018
40
Lol y'all really scared to think for yourself
Sep 26th 2018
61
      Yes.
Sep 26th 2018
67
           I dont claim to have most of the facts
Sep 26th 2018
78
                Very hot take.
Sep 26th 2018
86
                     Oh the moral indignation
Sep 26th 2018
100
if you've ever admitted giving women drugs to have sex with them
Sep 26th 2018
45
You didn't read the excerpts from the deposition
Sep 26th 2018
63
Are you fucking kidding? This is who you want to represent black
Sep 26th 2018
47
Get out your emotions for second
Sep 26th 2018
64
      there's absolutely no precedent for 60 women lying on 1 guy
Sep 26th 2018
92
           Technically sure yet entire neighborhoods municipalities
Sep 26th 2018
97
                I cant tell if you're dumb or trolling, so Im out
Sep 26th 2018
101
I suppose Darren Sharper was innocent too....
Sep 26th 2018
48
So emotional whyyyy?
Sep 26th 2018
66
Good posting, guy!
Sep 26th 2018
49
Thanks I tend to send folks in a frenzy.
Sep 26th 2018
68
      Imagine caping for a serial rapist because of a childhood love of
Sep 26th 2018
73
           Why are you projecting that lame excuse on me
Sep 26th 2018
77
                Of course you are
Sep 26th 2018
79
                     I got time to waste today.
Sep 26th 2018
80
                          "Nobody is coming with facts" says the dude who spent the last 3 years
Sep 26th 2018
82
                               Look at you unravelling by the post
Sep 26th 2018
84
                                    Here it is
Sep 26th 2018
89
                                         So reading comprehension isn't a strength of yours
Sep 26th 2018
96
                                              You already said earlier that you're cool with drugging women
Sep 26th 2018
98
                                                   Now you acting like yt folks putting words in my mouth.
Sep 26th 2018
99
                                                        He IS white.
Sep 29th 2018
116
                                                             I figured that but a lot of
Sep 29th 2018
117
Even if 87% of them are lying...
Sep 26th 2018
51
And you base this on what FACTUAL EVIDENCE
Sep 26th 2018
69
Cause he made the Cosby show?
Sep 26th 2018
52
STAPH
Sep 26th 2018
70
Waiting to hear how 60+ women all got the same story
Sep 26th 2018
56
Rosewood, Tulsa, Wilmington,
Sep 26th 2018
71
      Not even close to being the same.
Sep 26th 2018
83
           60 women is lazy
Sep 26th 2018
85
                Let's follow your logic...let's say what u typed is true
Sep 26th 2018
87
                     You heard the man! Bill Cosby is a saint!
Sep 26th 2018
88
                     Then the appeal process should
Sep 26th 2018
102
                          I just asked a question chief...no emotions on my part
Sep 28th 2018
105
                               I'm not contrarian
Sep 28th 2018
108
Testimony is evidence.
Sep 26th 2018
59
Oh like when she didn't know the year she got raped
Sep 26th 2018
72
      He said under deposition he drugged women
Sep 26th 2018
81
           Tell the entire quote else
Sep 26th 2018
95
what are some words you dont want to hear
Sep 26th 2018
60
When lazy rap artist objectify
Sep 26th 2018
74
my guy is determined to be stupid
Sep 26th 2018
91
      More insults and no FACTS
Sep 26th 2018
94
the most prolific serial rapist in history
Sep 25th 2018
41
Really look on your dollar bill.
Sep 26th 2018
75
      Lol
Sep 29th 2018
114
Wait, his spokesman brought up Brett Kavanaugh
Sep 26th 2018
54
LOL!!!
Sep 26th 2018
58
How are you THAT bad at your job!?!??!
Sep 26th 2018
103
that's incredible minstrelsy.
Sep 28th 2018
107
Why he wasn't in Bali, Indonesia 30 months ago boggles my mind,
Sep 26th 2018
57
Because he is a narcissist and felt untouchable
Sep 26th 2018
62
      1000%
Sep 26th 2018
65
Orenthal James, the freedom fighter.
Sep 26th 2018
76
he makes some valid points
Oct 01st 2018
119
Is it necessary to put him in maximum security?
Sep 28th 2018
104
don't believe the woman that accused Kavanaugh
Sep 28th 2018
106
imagine being the shitbrick
Sep 28th 2018
110
imagine the shitbrick that don't know the word 'hypocrisy'
Sep 29th 2018
111
      imagine being a liar and a loser
Sep 29th 2018
112
           Can't see hypocrisy not knowing what the word means
Sep 29th 2018
118
I don't think the women you're referring to here identify as feminists
Oct 02nd 2018
121
Judge Joe Brown gives some interesting legal insight
Oct 10th 2018
122
Insightful
Oct 10th 2018
123
wow.
Oct 10th 2018
124
and he was right
Jul 07th 2021
125
I get it
Jul 07th 2021
126
      RE: I get it
Jul 07th 2021
127

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