From joy and relief to well wishes for other survivors, the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault throughout the years said they finally felt hope after a jury delivered a guilty verdict Thursday. Cosby was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in his Pennsylvania home ...
On Thursday, while celebrating that a jury found the famed comedian guilty on three counts of indecent assault, Bill Cosby accuser Lili Bernard hailed the verdict as a "victory for womanhood." Flanked by her supporters outside the courthouse, an impassioned Bernard said, "I stand here in the spirit of ...
"I feel like I'm dreaming," said Lili Bernard, one of Cosby's accusers, outside the courthouse Thursday. "Can you pinch me?" she said, holding out her arm to a reporter. "I feel like my faith in humanity is restored." In a press conference, Bernard evoked Martin Luther King Jr., saying, "The arc of the moral ...
Bill Cosby's legal team attempted to use "Rape Culture 101" tactics to discredit his accuser in court, but the guilty verdict handed down Thursday demonstrates that the days of blaming women for the sexual violence and crimes of famous men are coming to a close. And the law seems to be on women's ...
Of the more than 60 women who accused the once-beloved comic of drugging, raping, and abusing them, Constand had the only case for which the statute of limitations had not run out, which left her battling in a Pennsylvania courtroom not only for herself but on behalf of all of his accusers last summer, ...
Lili Bernard, an actor who worked with Bill Cosby and was one of his accusers broke down after the verdict came in: guilty. Shortly before 2 p.m., a Pennsylvania jury found Cosby, 80, guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. The once revered and now deleterious actor could die in prison.
After the guilty verdict was read, audible gasps could be heard in the courtroom. Bernard and her friend Caroline Heldman left the room and collapsed onto a railing, Bernard sobbing as Heldman embraced her. Longtime Cosby accuser Victoria Valentino was also seen in tears embracing Heldman.
Prosecutor says jurors provided Bill Cosby's accuser with “justice” after he's convicted at sexual assault retrial. Originally published April 26, 2018 at 12:19 pm Updated April 26, 2018 at 12:28 pm ...
Lili Bernard, one of the many women who has accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and rape, struggled to express her overwhelming emotions through tears of relief Thursday after the former sitcom star was pronounced guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. "I feel like my faith in ...
Prosecutor says jurors provided Bill Cosby's accuser with "justice" after he's convicted at sexual assault retrial. Updated 3:29 pm, Thursday, April 26, 2018. NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutor says jurors provided Bill Cosby's accuser with "justice" after he's convicted at sexual assault retrial .
