The 81-year-old former sitcom star, who won’t be eligible for parole for at least three years, chewed on a fingernail and looked up at the ceiling as Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill slammed him for drugging Andrea Constand at his home in suburban Philadelphia in 2004, then sexually abusing her when she was virtually unconscious. Your version of consent was rejected by the jury. Cosby was smiling and joking with his spokesman and sheriff's deputies as he settled into the courtroom Tuesday. Meanwhile, Constand said in a statement submitted to the ocurt and released Tuesday that she has had to cope with years of anxiety and self-doubt that have left her "stuck in a holding pattern." But the married dad of five, who claims to be legally blind and uses a cane to walk, didn’t find any humor in sheriff’s officers later stripping him of his tie, wallet and watch and cuffing him in front. Cosby's side didn't call any character witnesses, and his wife of 54 years, Camille, was not in court Monday. The classification means that Cosby must undergo monthly counseling for the rest of his life and report quarterly to authorities. Roughly 60 women came forward to say Cosby committed sex crimes against them, including rape, with some filing civil lawsuits because the statute of limitations on criminal charges in their cases had expired. Cosby, who did not address the court at sentencing, had faced anywhere from zero to 10 years for molesting Constand. The comic once known as America's Dad faced anywhere from probation to 10 years in prison after being convicted in April in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. “To hear voices from the past, your past, Mr. Cosby, saying, ‘This happened to me,’ six times — those voices said over and over and over again over time, and it was a valuable piece used by the jury in determining your guilt,’’ the judge said. The once-beloved entertainer dubbed America's Dad for his role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable on the top-ranked, 1980s-era "Cosby Show" faced anywhere from probation to 10 years in prison for violating Temple University women's basketball administrator Andrea Constand at his estate near Philadelphia in 2004. "When the sexual assault happened, I was a young woman brimming with confidence and looking forward to a future bright with possibilities," she wrote in her five-page statement. I grew terrified that it might already be too late, that the sexual assaults were continuing because I didn’t speak out.” 
 
 Prosecutors requested that Cosby be put away for five to 10 years. Prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to give the comedian five to 10 years behind bars, while his lawyers asked for house arrest, saying the legally blind Cosby is too old and helpless to do time in prison. Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said the former TV star planned to remain silent when given the opportunity to address the court. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said Cosby would no doubt commit similar crimes if given the chance, warning that the former TV star seemingly gets a sexual thrill out of slipping women drugs and assaulting them.
– Bill Cosby will be going to prison at 81. The judge in the case said Tuesday that he will put Cosby behind bars for three to 10 years, per AP, for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over a decade ago in what led to the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill said he would not settle for probation or "partial confinement" such as house arrest, reports the New York Post. The judge also labeled Cosby a "sexually violent predator," reports the AP. The classification means that Cosby must undergo lifetime counseling and report quarterly to authorities. His name will appear on a sex-offender registry sent to neighbors, schools, and victims. The once-beloved entertainer dubbed America's Dad for his role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable on the Cosby Show faces up to 10 years in prison for violating Temple University women's basketball administrator Andrea Constand at his estate near Philadelphia in 2004. Prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to give the comedian five to 10 years behind bars, while his lawyers asked for house arrest, saying the legally blind Cosby is too old and helpless to do time in prison, per the AP. In the years since Constand first went to authorities in 2005, more than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, though none of those claims have led to criminal charges.