In the retrial of Bill Cosby, the comedian has been found guilty on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault of former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. Nathan Rousseau Smith has the story.
Comedian Bill Cosby was convicted on Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a onetime friend in 2004, marking the first such conviction of a celebrity since the #MeToo movement that has brought down rich and powerful men for their treatment of women.
Cosby, 80, best known as the lovable father from the 1980s TV hit “The Cosby Show,” faces up to 10 years in prison for each of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, 45, following a three-week trial at the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
After maintaining decorum throughout the trial, Cosby exploded following the verdict when prosecutors asked the judge to take him into custody, saying he was a flight risk in part because he owned a plane.
“He doesn’t have a plane, you asshole!” Cosby responded in a booming voice as he leapt to feet.
District Attorney Kevin Steele later remarked that with the outburst, “You got to see who he really was.”
As the verdict was read, Cosby looked down with a sad expression. Lili Bernard, one of his many accusers, began sobbing. Constand sat stone-faced.
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