Cosby Faces Up 10 Years Prison
Cosby Faces Up 10 Years Prison
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PENNSYLVANIA - Pennsylvania prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Cosby (78) who is facing an aggravated indecent assault charge over an incident that happened more than a decade ago. Cosby faces up to 10 years in prison.
Bill Cosby, the comedian and entertainer once known as “America’s dad” faced his first criminal charge for sexual misconduct on Wednesday, for an incident where he allegedly drugged and violated a woman who considered him to be her mentor.
As relelased by The Guardian, Montgomery County’s first assistant district attorney, Kevin Steele said the victim was penetrated without her consent while she was impaired.
“There is not a question in terms of pills being provided to her, there’s not a question as to what went on, of the digital penetration,” Steele said.
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She had met Cosby through her work at Temple University in Philadelphia and had “what the victim believed to be a sincere friendship”, according to the affidavit filed on Wednesday.
By the time their relationship began, Cosby was an American icon, celebrated for his role as dr Cliff Huxtable in the beloved 1980s sitcom The Cosby Show. Along with being a top rated, award winning program, the show was heralded for its groundbreaking depiction of a well to do black family.
Bill Cosby, the comedian and entertainer once known as “America’s dad” faced his first criminal charge for sexual misconduct on Wednesday, for an incident where he allegedly drugged and violated a woman who considered him to be her mentor.
As relelased by The Guardian, Montgomery County’s first assistant district attorney, Kevin Steele said the victim was penetrated without her consent while she was impaired.
“There is not a question in terms of pills being provided to her, there’s not a question as to what went on, of the digital penetration,” Steele said.
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She had met Cosby through her work at Temple University in Philadelphia and had “what the victim believed to be a sincere friendship”, according to the affidavit filed on Wednesday.
By the time their relationship began, Cosby was an American icon, celebrated for his role as dr Cliff Huxtable in the beloved 1980s sitcom The Cosby Show. Along with being a top rated, award winning program, the show was heralded for its groundbreaking depiction of a well to do black family.
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