Despite pleas that he is old etc, the Judge has said that the victim statement by Andrea Constand had convinced him that significant jail time was appropriate. Presumably the lack of remorse did Cosby no favours - and a powerful message has been sent to sexual predators.
Bill Cosby sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault
Cosby's spokesman's comments are, IMO, disgraceful. Playing the race card - will Jesse Jackson now come on board?Cosby was convicted earlier this year of three counts of aggravated indecent assault, becoming the first celebrity convicted on criminal charges since the 2017 advent of the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment.
The case is the only one to result in criminal charges against Cosby, but more than 60 women have said he abused or harassed them, with many saying he drugged them and molested them while they were incapacitated. Five other women testified at Cosby’s trial that they had been assaulted. A hearing of the same charges last year ended in a mistrial with a hung jury.
Constand said the toll on her life has been heavy. “I’m a middle-aged woman who’s been stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to fully heal or to move forward,” she said.
Cosby’s spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, was defiant after the sentencing. He said outside court: “Mr Cosby’s doing great, and Mr Cosby knows that God is watching over him. He knows that these are lies. They persecuted Jesus and look what happened. I’m not saying Mr Cosby is Jesus, but we know what this country has done to black men for centuries.”
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