The actor was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison and paid a $25,000 fine for abuse.
According to E! News, Judge Steven T. O’Neil issued the ruling on September 25. In addition to going to jail, Bill Cosby must pay prosecution fees. The actor’s lawyer confirmed that he will file an appeal.
Bill Cosby will be detained at SCI Phoenix prison in Pennsylvania. According to CNN, SCI Phoenix prison has 3,830 beds and opened this summer. He was also ordered to have no contact with victim Andrea Constand and to participate in an anti-sexual abuse program.
Bill Cosby is one of America’s veteran comedians. He produced and starred in the hit television series The Cosby Show. Andrea Constand was the first in a series of women to sue Bill. In recent years, a succession of women, including actors and models, have come forward to claim that they were sexually assaulted by male comedians. The familiar scenario described in the petitions is that Bill gave him drugs and went to bed.
According to People, during the April 26 trial, prosecutors described Bill Cosby as a sexual predator who defrauded many people. The jury found Bill Cosby guilty of using drugs and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in suburban Philadelphia, USA in 2004. Andrea Constand described being given three blue pills and alcohol at her request. Bill Cosby’s bridge. When she later woke up, she discovered she had been sexually assaulted. After the verdict, Andrea Constand and five others – Bill Cosby’s accusers – burst into tears outside the courthouse.
Since Harvey Weinstein was brought down due to a sex scandal, the #MeToo (Me Too) movement has been going strong in Hollywood. Many people who have been sexually abused have denounced those who harmed them, causing big names in the film capital to ruin their careers. Bill Cosby’s case is the first verdict made since the #MeToo movement.
