Attorneys for dozens of women who have accused Bill Cosby of sex assault or attempted molestation say their clients are grateful that a prosecutor in Pennsylvania has brought charges against the comedian.
Her allegations and similar ones from other women in the years that followed did not receive wide attention at the time but exploded into view in late 2014, first online, then in the wider media, after comedian Hannibal Buress mocked the moralizing Cosby as a hypocrite and called him a rapist during a standup routine.
On Wednesday, a half-century after Cosby became the first African-American actor star in a TV drama, portraying a vibrant tennis-playing secret agent on "I Spy", he slowly entered a Pennsylvania courthouse, looking ever bit of his 78 years.
Less than two weeks before the statute of limitations expired, Andrea Constand brought the first criminal case against Cosby.
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In October, Allred grilled Cosby under oath for several hours in connection with Huth's lawsuit, which accuses him of sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Once she was unconscious from the drugs, she claims he assaulted her. It's the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad. She has said Cosby drugged and fondled her in January 2004.
According to an affidavit, the victim was a guest of Cosby at his home in Cheltenham one evening in January 2004 when he gave her wine and urged her to take three blue pills, prosecutors said in a statement. He said possible charges are still pending with the district attorney's office there, but the statute of limitations will run out in the spring.
Steele said that new evidence supporting the charge involving the assault taking place at Cosby's home in Montgomery County in 2004, came to light this summer.
The prosecutor acknowledged that his office acted now because time was running out to charge Cosby in the case.
Bill Cosby Arraigned for Alleged Aggravated Indecent AssaultCosby acknowledged under oath a decade ago that he had sexual contact with Ms Constand, but said it was consensual. Her lawyer has said Constand is gay and was dating a woman around the time she met Cosby in the early 2000s.
Some unsealed documents from that civil suit revealed that Cosby has admitted to getting prescription Quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with.
"Reopening this case was our duty as law enforcement officers with a sworn obligation to uphold our Constitution and to uphold the law", Steele said.
Constand settled a civil case against Cosby in 2006.
Cosby's lawyers this month said they will fight an attempt to require his wife, Camille, to give a sworn deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who have accused him of sexually assaulting them decades ago.
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Women mostly from the world of modeling, acting or other entertainment fields came forward and described being offered a drink by Cosby and waking up to find they had apparently been sexually assaulted.
She said that numerous women she represents are willing to take the witness stand in the Constand case if their testimony is judged to be both relevant and admissible. She said though victims feel better about coming forward now than years ago there is still a lot of work to be done. He said the woman has said she was "frozen, paralyzed, unable to move", so she was therefore unable to consent to sexual activity.
Cosby's lawsuit says Johnson joined other women making accusations against him to revive her waning career and to help sell copies of her memoir.
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