BILL COSBY, RENOWNED COMEDIAN JAILED

PENNSYLVANIA, United States – One of most renowned stand-up comedian in history, Bill Cosby has been convicted for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand. He will spend between 3 to 10 years behind bars, a Pennsylvania court ruled on Tuesday.

In sentencing him, Judge Steven O’Neill rejected a request from defense attorneys to allow Cosby to be released on bail pending appeals but ordered Cosby to serve the sentence in “total confinement” for “no less than 3 years and no more than 10 years.”

His pronouncement: “Mr. Cosby, you were convicted of a very serious crime, that you penetrated Andrea Constand’s genitals with your hands without her pemission”, O’Neill said, labelling Cosby a “planned predation” who has never shown any remorse and has not sought any kind of psychological counseling.

He said Constand’s statement was a major factor in helping him decide Cosby’s sentence.

“I put a high degree of weight on the impact of the victim and her family,” O’Neill said.

In a written statement to O’Neill, Constand wrote, “Bill Cosby took my beautiful, healthy young spirit and crushed it. He robbed me of my health and vitality, my open nature, and my trust in myself and others.”