Bill Cosby is Sentenced to 3-10 Years in State Prison

It was a victorious day for the #MeToo Movement on Tuesday as Bill Cosby, 81, was sentenced to state prison for 3 to 10 years.

The comedian, who was once recognized as “America’s Dad” was convicted this past spring of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. Constand was an athletics administrator at Temple University who said she was drugged and molested by Cosby.

She was not the only woman to allege that Cosby had assaulted her. Dozens of women have come out with their stories and have claimed that Cosby had sexually assaulted them in his 50 years in entertainment.

Cosby was denied bail and left the courtroom in handcuffs to be locked up immediately.

Prosecutors were wanting a sentence of five to 10 years while the defense asked for house arrest, arguing that Cosby is frail and legally blind.

Judge Steven O’Neill refused their plea and said that Cosby would “quite possibly be a danger to the community.” The judge also said Cosby was a “sexually violent predator.”

Cosby will also have to undergo monthly counseling for the rest of his life and report quarterly to authorities. His name will also be on a sex-offender registry sent to neighbors, schools and victims.

Constand, who is now 45 and leaves with her two dogs, has said that she has trouble trusting people.

“When the sexual assault happened, I was a young woman brimming with confidence and looking forward to a future bright with possibilities,” Constant declared in her five-page statement.

“Now, almost 15 years later, I’m a middle-aged woman who’s been stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to heal fully or to move forward.”

“We may never know the full extent of his double life as a sexual predator but his decades-long reign of terror as a serial rapist is over.”