Bill Cosby Sentenced To At Least 3 Years In State Prison For Sexual Assault

Bill Cosby arrives at a Norristown, Pa., court Monday. The first jury in the case deadlocked in 2017. A jury in the second trial convicted Cosby on all counts April 26, 2018.

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Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic description of sexual assault.

A Montgomery County, Pa., judge sentenced disgraced comedian Bill Cosby to three to 10 years in state prison Tuesday, saying that the words of Cosby’s main accuser Andrea Constand that the entertainer took her “beautiful, young spirit and crushed it” helped him reach his decision.