'Horrified' and 'finally'; reaction varies on Bill Cosby's release from prison
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Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Jun 30, 2021
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Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Jun 30, 2021
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CONVICTION. HERE’S KIM LEMON THE SAGA FOR THE MAN ONCE DUBBED AMERICA’S DAD BEGAN IN NOVEMBERF O 2002 WHEN HEET M ANDREA CONSTANT WHO WORKS FOR TEMPLE UNIVERSYIT IN JANUARY OF 2004. CONSTAN SAYS COSBY ASSAULTED HER AFTER GIVING HER WINE AND PILLS A YEAR LATER CONSTAN MOVES BACK TOER H HOME IN TORONTO AND CONTACTS CANADIAN POLICE ABOUT THE MATTER A MONTH LATER THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECIDES THERE IS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE COSBY IN MARCH OF 2005. CONSTAN SUES COSBY AND A DOZEN MORE WOMEN ALSO AGREE TO TESTIFY. WELL, THAT’S SEPTEMBER COSBY ADMITS. HE GEAV PILLS TO YOUNG WOMEN CONSTAN SUIT IS SETTLED AND NOTHING IS MADE PUBLIC A DECADE LATER IN JULY OF 2015 A JUDGE RELEASES PART OF THE DEPOSITION AND DETECTIVES. TORONTO TO TALKO T CONSTAND WELL THAT DECEMBER COSBY IS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED AND INDECENT ASSAULT THESE CHARGES CAME JUST BEFEOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE 12-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. IN JUNE OF 2017 COSBY’S FIRST TRIAL ENDS IN A MISTRIALND A IN APRIL OF 2018 THE RETRIAL BEGINS AND THE CONSTANT SETTLEMENT IS REVEALED 3.38 MILLION AND LATER THAT MONTH A JURY FINDS COSBY. THE TEEHR COUSNT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018 A JUDGE SENTENCES COSBY TO THREE TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH BRINGS US TO TODAY AND THE