Bill Cosby was found guilty on all counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday (April 26) at the Montgomery County Courthouse, according to the New York Times.
A jury of seven men and five women sealed Cosby’s fate for his assault on former Temple University employee Andrea Constand, who the once beloved actor had previously mentored.
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Each felonious count — penetration with lack of consent, penetration while unconscious and penetration after administering an intoxicant — carries up to 10 years in prison. Consequently, the 80-year-old comedian could spend his remaining years behind bars.
Following the verdict, Judge Steven T. O’Neill told the jurors it was “an extraordinarily difficult case” and added, “You have sacrificed much, but you have sacrificed in the service of justice.”
CNN reports that after the verdict was read, Cosby stood up and called prosecutor Kevin Steele an “asshole” as Steele was telling Judge O’Neill he thought his bail should be revoked for being a flight risk. Cosby reportedly overheard Steele telling the judge Cosby had a private plane and could go anywhere in the world.
Cosby shouted, “He doesn’t have a private plane, you asshole.”
On the defense side, the most damning foreshadowing of the verdict was that Tom Mesereau, Cosby’s attorney actually fell asleep with his “mouth open” as Judge O’Neill read long accounts of Cosby’s testimony regarding Quaaludes and the sexual nature of his relationship with Constand.
Multiple women have accused the former sitcom dad — Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable — of similar violations. Last summer, his first trial ended with a deadlocked jury because of two not guilty hold-outs.
Over the years, Cosby has notoriously taken an anti-Hop Hop stance. In 2008, Mr. Pudding Pops was reportedly working on a Hip Hop-inspired album called Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency. In an interview with Today, he clarified, “I do not rap on any of these things. I wouldn’t know how to fix my mouth to say some of the words.”
He added the Hip Hop he was hearing at the time was “profane and degrading,” and that his album was “the opposite of what I think is the profanity for no particular reason, the misogyny for no particular reason. It really looks at the frustration and the anger that a young man may have.”
Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency was released in 2009.
Reactions to his conviction were mixed on social media. Some remember Cosby as the fun-loving, morally sound father on The Cosby Show while others view him as a malicious predator. One Twitter user even wanted to remind people Kanye West once defended him.
Celebrities and Hip Hop artists alike took to Twitter to chime in.
Check out their reactions below.
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Damnnnn bill cosbys kids are pissssssed! Actualy gotta get real jobs now not write failing books that trust fund just dried up 🙁
Well theilre just went his childrens trust fund they mad as hell
Must not know how trusts work huh?
Notice how Tariq Nasheed doesn’t give a flying fuck that women were drugged and raped. American culture is so fucked that someone drugged and raped women and was convicted but all they care about was that he played a gynecologist on TV.
Some women who accussed him were found out to be liars but the media never told us about that because it didnt suit the narrative.
Yea well 1 accuser is still a victem.and deserves justice or are you one of thise tekashi rape boy supporters
Yeah, I’m a rape supporter because I think the media should be unbiased when reporting about serious sh– like this instead of choosing a side…Stay i school, stupid.
You still posting here? You never make sense… Ah well, keep trying… And nah, I’m not a rape supporter. It would just be nice if mainstream media reported about serious stuff like this in an unbiased manner, instead of choosing a narrative that suits them.
If Bill Cosby’s smart he’ll put all his money in Bitcoin before he’s sued into oblivion, not that he cares he’ll die in jail but his kids will lose the whole fortune
Thats gonna crash soon so it’s not worth it.
@justwaiting Emmit Till was also found guilty by a jury. Does that make him guilty?
Ahh forever the deflector spoken like a true field hand you keep that plantation thriving for them democrats my friend think for yourself lmao betyer stop doing that it actualy requires thought something your not very capable of because if you were you would obviously realize the difference between an impartial jury with no partisanship such as bill cosbys and a racist white supremacist jury from one of the most historicaly racist states in our republic way to show why your such a sheep in the flock
I fucking hate white people I’m sorry. I hate having to act like you when I’m at work. I hate having to take back roads to get home because “you thought my seatbelt was off” when you pull me over. I hate having to walk out the store with my hands outside my pockets because you think I steal. I hated having to deal with black jokes when I was in high school. I hate how you lack empathy and make baseless generalizations about a race you play no role in. Fuck yall. I’m not grateful to be in this country one bit. Deport me idgaf. All this political bullshit means nothing when white people consistently harbor hate for us. We can’t fucking win without acting like white people.
And yet black people constantly talk about white peoples roles yet thats perfectly fine huh? Black people represent 23% of police fatalities caucasians account for 43% so who should be hiding their hands? You dont like it man you and any dumb fucking black person that thinks like you youre 13% of the population caucasians are 63% you dont fucking like that? Then move to fucking africa where you would be the majority or the caribeann and you will fit right in then because unless some white geneocide occurs that figures not changing so honestly man go fuck yourself and your littlw delicate sensabilitys ive seen what life was prior to civil rights and ive seen today and your not criticized anymore than anyone else in the U.S we are all treated like shit by the system we voted for
Ok pup.
Yep just cause im younger than you disregard me but know what? I actualy know how to do my research unlike your dumb old ass off in fairytale land and im actualy 29 i earn a triple six figure income a year before 30 so what the fuck have you done? Oh yea whined and played a pathetic victem and you dont wanna act like white people you mean the country where they are 63% and its the wealthiest in the world yep we are so shameful and horrible to be like so you enjoy playing to broke ass crybaby victem and me ill enjoy reaping what i sow and i came up from shit came from 2 drug addict parents who left my ass at 8 to be raised by my grandparents who themselfs lived in poverty and could barely take me or my brother in my 1st job at 18 i made $7.25 an hour as a cabinet maker and now i build homes for a living and make more money than i could imagine now see i couldve played the victem and cried my entire life due to circumstance but instead i made something of nothing evidently something your too stupid to do
Well no Emmit Till was complete bs it was a racial injustice and a tragedy, but why in God’s name you would compare him to Cosby is fucking beyond me. Cosby admitted to putting drugs in women’s drinks this man fucking admitted to the fucking crime and you comparing him to a victim that didn’t do shit and was minding his business? Fuck you clown as brothers we should always stand up when an injustice falls on one of us, but defending Cosby’s obvious bullshit is dumb as hell.
I am truly heartbroken about this whole situation.
He finna have all the puddings in the jail house… damn mr huxtable. Harvey Weinstein, you up next!
Free Bill Cosby. No Black Man should be in prison. Justice System is White
America is interesting, you mean after all those years ? these growing ass bitches coming back with their assholes to say some silly shit against this old man Dammit ! something went wrong some where, either they were bribe??
Dont be a menace while drinking your juice in the hood(movie) The white guy just crossed him out on his secret list. Damn shame a pill popping secret groupie can set up fellas. This is the beginning of a new era, Groupies will start saying METOO everywhere!!!!
He was right though that alot of hiphop is profane and degrading.
I hope you aren’t suggesting that SPEAKING profanities is any worse than DRUGGING and ASSAULTING 64 women over 30 years.
“Don’t Throw Stones If You Live in a Glass House”. How any human could dare talk down to anyone when he is guilty of doing MUCH MUCH worse is beyond me. Hypocrisy and downright evil.
His old ho’s retirement money ran out, sues after 30 years for a possibe payout and “me too” book deal