The charge comes from an incident that occurred at Cosby’s house in Chetlenham, Pennsylvania back in January 2004.
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A former Temple University employee told police the comedian drugged and violated her at his home near Philadelphia in 2004.
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There is a 12 year statute of limitations in Pennsylvania, which allowed until January 1st, 2016 for charges to be brought against Cosby in the Constand case.
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Cosby and he might be brought to justice”, said attorney Joseph Cammarata, who represents seven of the accusers. Formal accusations date back at least 10 years, when Constand went to police with her complaint.
The woman who has accused Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her has been pictured for the first time after he was charged with aggravated indecent assault today. Berks Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan H. Kurland, who oversees sexual abuse prosecutions, said he believes the case is going to help shatter often erroneous notions the public has about how a sexual predator should look and behave.
“Make no mistake: We intend to mount a vigorous defense against this unjustified charge, and we expect that Mr. Cosby will be exonerated by a court of law”, his attorney Monique Pressley said in a statement.
Two people familiar with a prosecutor’s decision say Bill Cosby will be charged in the investigation of an alleged sexual assault more than a decade ago.
On July 6, 2015, U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno, pursuant to a motion from the Associated Press, unsealed certain legal filings that contained references to a deposition by Cosby in a civil case. “Bruce Castor, who was the [district attorney] when she first reported the assault by Cosby, was defeated by Kevin Steele”.
An attorney for some of the accusers-but not Constand-said the charges are “a positive step in its own right and positive step in the civil cases against him”. She was a working at Temple University in Philadelphia, serving as director of the women’s basketball team. But police in Los Angeles have been investigating more recent allegations by another accuser, Chloe Goins, who says Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, when she was 18. She says she otherwise will not comment on the criminal case.
She contends she was inappropriately touched during one encounter at Cosby’s home, then drugged and sexually assaulted in another instance.
Bill Cosby is set to go in front of a Montgomery County judge after being charged for aggrivated indecent assault on three counts.
The charge was laid just days before the 12-year statute of limitations for bringing charges was set to run out. One wonders: Would Steele have moved to prosecute (and would Constand been interested in getting involved…) if Cosby hadn’t pursued an aggressive “slut shame” strategy that included a counter-defamation suit shortly beforehand?
“She’s a very strong lady”, Ms Troiani said.
He urged any other alleged victims to come forward as well. “I am looking forward to seeing my rapist in an episode of ‘Orange Is the New Black” and myself in a cameo visiting the bastard – driving to the prison, jamming to some upbeat tunes, deciding what it is that I will say.
At Wednesday’s press conference, Steele said new evidence had emerged in the case earlier this year.
Though Cosby has denied the allegations in the past, he is expected to be arraigned later today.
While over 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault, this charge is in regards to the alleged 2004 sexual assault of Andrea Constand.
“Ms. Serignese has said she did not consent”, he said.
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Her attorney, Spencer Kuvin, told City News Service this afternoon that his client was “very happy” about the criminal case being filed against Cosby in Pennsylvania.
