September 23, 2018
By Patrick Ryan, Maria Puente and Bryan Alexander

Norristown. –  Prosecutors asked a judge Monday (click here) to sentence 81-year-old Bill Cosby to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, while the defense argued Cosby is too old and frail to be sent to prison. The hearing will continue Tuesday.

District Attorney Kevin Steele called for the maximum sentence against Cosby, who “again and again, has shown no responsibility for his actions and no remorse" following his April conviction on three counts of aggravated felony sexual assault. 

Cosby was convicted of drugging and molesting a former friend, Andrea Constand, at his home outside Philadelphia in January 2004. Constand, who testified during Monday's hearing, watched the proceedings with other accusers who have claimed they too were assaulted by Cosby, including Janice Dickinson and Lili Bernard....