Andrea Constand has spoken out for the first time — aside from testifying in court — about how Bill Cosby gave her 3 blue pills and then attacked her. Constand spoke to NBC’s Kate Snow about the encounter 13 years ago, when she was the operations…
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Friday, June 23, 2017
Bill Cosby Juror Says Andrea Constand Dressed Like She Was Asking for It
A juror in the Bill Cosby trial says Andrea Constand’s choice of clothes was highly relevant in deciding whether she was the victim of sexual assault. The male juror — who spoke with Philadelphia Inquirer — said Constand should have been “dressed…
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Andrea Constand: Bill Cosby Accuser Breaks Silence After Mistrial!
To the world’s horror, Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial, thanks to a deadlocked jury.
Like, surely even Cosby’s lingering supporters were hoping for an acquittal, as if that would exonerate him by association from his 57 other accusers.
The woman whose police report forced him into a courtroom, Andrea Constand, is finally speaking out.
“Thank you for the outpouring of love & kindness & support,” she shared over Twitter.
Honestly, she was a lot more graceful and diplomatic than we would have been in her shoes.
We’d have been directing our ire at Cosby, at society, and whichever juror or, worse, jurors prevented that jury from reaching a verdict.
Instead, she just expressed how much people’s support means to her.
“I am eternally grateful for the messages I have received in recent days.”
Andrea Constand is handling this with so much grace.
Honestly, we can’t imagine the strength of character required to go public about a celebrity with Cosby’s (now former) reputation.
If we were in her shoes and she put herself through reliving this nightmare for a trial only to have at least one juror unconvinced, we’d be posting a six-hour rant on YouTube that would only end when we’d had too much to drink to carry on.
What else can you do in the face of massive injustice?
The middle ground response would just be to say nothing and binge Law & Order instead, but so-called experts claim that “that isn’t therapy” and “isn’t a healthy coping mechanism.”
But maybe one of the things helping Andrea Constand keep it together is the knowledge that the prosecutors intend to retry Cosby.
Most of Cosby’s alleged victims — the ones we know about, anyway — won’t ever get to see their day in court.
This is because of the statute of limitations.
We can’t explain to you why any place would have a statute of limitations on sexual assault.
Except for the obvious — when men have been the ones writing laws for centuries.
In some parts of the US, that limit is as little as 5 years. It’s absurd.
So there’s a lot riding on the trial over Andrea Constand’s assault.
The retrial gives a lot of people hope — likely Andrea Constand included.
Then again, Cosby still has supporters like Keshia Knight Pulliam who insist that the man they know would never do this.
Constand has probably had her doubts about the trial’s success all along.
You don’t want to get your hopes up, right?
And there’s always a chance that Cosby could go through a dozen trials and always have one juror who’s an absolute holdout against conviction.
Celebrity status is a powerful thing.
And so is rape culture.
Friday, June 9, 2017
Bill Cosby Courted Disaster By Forcing Gay Issue with Andrea Constand in Sexual Assault Trial
Bill Cosby arrived to the courthouse Friday with comedian Joe Torry by his side, oblivious to the fact he dodged a fatal bullet courtesy of his own lawyers. Cosby’s attorneys had filed legal docs asking the judge to allow them to introduce evidence…
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Bill Cosby"s Accuser Andrea Constand Takes Stand in Sexual Assault Trial (PHOTOS)
Andrea Constand repeatedly choked up as she testified Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her back in 2004. She told the jury Cosby had given her 3 blue pills to relax … herbal so he allegedly said. But Constand testified 30 minutes…
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Bill Cosby Sues Sexual Assault Accuser Andrea Constand
After months of public scandal and dozens of damning accusations, Bill Cosby is finally facing criminal charges following a Philadelphia DA’s investigation into testimony that Cosby delivered during a 2005 civil suit.
During the trial – in which the television icon was being sued by alleged victim Andrea Constand – Cosby admitted to drugging women with the intention of raping them, but stopped just short of confessing to sexual assault.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cosby has secretively filed a lawsuit against Constand, the exact details of which are not yet publicly available.
Most likely, the suit alleges that Constand somehow violated the terms of her decade-old settlement agreement with Cosby, for which she received an undisclosed sum.
The 78-year-old has avoided prosecution in connection with scores of other accusations, but Cosby was arrested on the basis of Constand’s claims after the case was re-opened and charges were filed just days before the statute of limitations expired.
Now, attorneys for Cosby are likely trying to prove that the DA who went ahead with the investigation had no right to do so under the terms of his original settlement agreement with Constand.
It’s already been determined that Cosby’s criminal case will go to trial, after a judge dismissed his lawyer’s motion to dismiss.
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