Bill Cosby’s Sentencing: How We Got Here, What His Punishment Could Be

Bill Cosby will walk into a Pennsylvania courthouse Monday and face the judge who has presided over the world-famous comedian’s sexual assault case for nearly three years. The sentencing hearing may conclude with Cosby losing his freedom for the rest of his life.

More than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct spanning decades — including one who came forward to WHYY — but it was the testimony of one woman, Andrea Constand, who twice confronted the comedian in court over how he drugged and molested her in 2004, that helped convince a jury during Cosby’s second trial in April that he was guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. With the convictions now locked into place, Constand’s testimony may just be what will send Cosby to a prison cell. Cosby’s attorneys are expected to appeal.

For the past five months, the comedian has lived in his mansion in suburban Philadelphia, outfitted with an ankle monitor. It is the same place a jury found he drugged, then sexually assaulted Constand, the only Cosby accuser whose case triggered criminal charges.