Yesterday afternoon, Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to ten years in state prison. The sentencing was for the three convictions of aggravated indecent assault on Andrea Constand in 2004. This was Cosby’s first-ever criminal trial, because by the time most women came forward to tell their stories, the statute of limitations had already expired. The victims who did come forward within the statute of limitations were often ignored or disbelieved, or they had to resort to civil litigation to get anything on the record. The point is that… it’s never too late to tell your story. It’s never too late to stand up to the man who hurt you. And you never know, people might surprise you.
Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison by a Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday, five months after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee in his mansion in 2004. The Montgomery County District Attorney confirmed the prison term on Twitter. The sentence includes a $25,000 fine and requires Cosby to pay for the cost of his prosecution.
According to the terms of the sentence, Cosby will serve a minimum of three years in prison and then become eligible for supervised release, although nothing promises his release at that time, reports Philadelphia public radio station WHYY. The judge denied Cosby’s bail request, so he will be incarcerated immediately.
[From People]
I was hoping for longer than three years, honestly. I was hoping for a minimum of five years. But as I said yesterday, I find that I’m pleasantly surprised by all of this – that a prosecutor took a chance on Constand’s case, that the case was prosecuted vigorously, that a jury of men and women found Cosby guilty, and that Cosby was actually sentenced to jail time. Here’s his booking photo:
And here’s the only part of this which will make you laugh – the unhinged statement from Cosby’s publicist Andrew Wyatt, wherein he compared Cosby to… Brett Kavanaugh AND Jesus. OMFG.
Wyatt said, in part: “What is going on in Washington today with Judge Kavanaugh is part of that sex war that Judge O’Neill is a part of… They persecuted Jesus and look what happened. Not saying Mr. Cosby is Jesus, but we know what this country has done to black men for centuries.” That’s a three-fer, with Cosby, Kavanaugh AND Jesus all being mentioned in the same breath. My goodness. And I do agree with Wyatt, Cosby and Kavanaugh are the same in that they’re both misogynists and predators who treat women as subhuman objects. But Jesus would like to be excluded from this narrative.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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