Bill Cosby gets three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault

Cosby was sentenced on Tuesday. Photo credit: David Maialetti (Pool)/Getty Images

American comedian Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison on Tuesday for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand 14 years ago.

Cosby, 81, faced a maximum of 10 years in prison after prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to merge the three counts of his conviction into one for sentencing purposes.

He will be registered as a sexual offender, Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill judge ruled.

Cosby was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault in April 2018, stemming from allegations that he drugged and sexually assaulted Constand, then a Temple University employee, in 2004.

At the sentencing, the judge said no one is above the law.

Cosby has been under house arrest since his conviction in April.

His defense team had previously pledged to appeal any prison time.

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8 Comments

  1. Tony
    September 26, 2018

    Hello and good afternoon my people. Well Mr Cosby did what most powerful men do in Hollywood but he forget that he’s a black man. In that he used his position to engage in sex with women looking to get into the movie industry. Mr Cosby was about to start a show just like the Cosby Show so someone didn’t want him to therefore they brought those allegations but the only one they got him on was that of a lesbian who said he drugged and rape her. My Cosby said many negative things about African Americans so he shouldn’t have expected black jurors to save him. I hope black Americans open their eyes and see what white America is all about.

  2. FLAT EARTH
    September 26, 2018

    All a show for the dumb m.ASS.es. All these women coming out after 20 plus years is all planned and made up. He wont spend a day in jail just like oj simpson. All these people are decievers on the masses. The oj simpson show was the first reality tv show. nicole brown simpson is acutally megyn kelly who hosts her own show called megyn kelly today. Whenever they fool the m.ASS.es with a big psyop they get a huge role in hollyweird/hollywood. We all have been tricked. Take a look ate nicole brown simpson and megyn kelly, they are the same person. But the m.ASS.es have been blinded and will never get it.

    Earth is Flat.

    • A Girl is No One
      September 27, 2018

      I’ve been seeing your comments on a few articles. I honestly can’t tell if you’re just trolling or nah. :-|

  3. Badbaje
    September 26, 2018

    It is a fact that if he was a Catholic Priest he would be protected and safe!

  4. Badbaje
    September 26, 2018

    If he was a Catholic Priest he would be protected and safe!

  5. Sams
    September 25, 2018

    Dominica learn from that no matter how wealthy you are the law is the law

    • Badbaje
      September 25, 2018

      This happens when you are black and not a Politrikian. The others with money will quit their jobs, but carry on with their lives.

    • anonymous2
      September 25, 2018

      Not exactly true in DA. They were out to get Cosby.

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