It took 13 years, two trials and an army of accusers to convict disgraced comic legend Bill Cosby of one sexual assault
Bill Cosby is the first major celebrity imprisoned in the #MeToo era
It was 2005 when Andrea Constand reported that a year earlier, when she was manager of the women’s basketball team at Temple University, she had been drugged and sexually assaulted by her mentor at the school – Bill Cosby.
Prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against the comedian and television icon, citing insufficient evidence.
It would take 13 years, two trials and an army of other accusers coming forward for Constand to be vindicated.
He is the first major celebrity imprisoned in the #MeToo era, in which sexual assault and harassment victims have been emboldened to come forward to hold powerful perpetrators to account.
Such claims, when published in the media, have forced powerful politicians and businessmen to resign their posts and raised the expectations for schools and workplaces around the nation to prevent abuse.