<header style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">[h=2]Sentencing memorandum asks Cosby to be jailed for "the maximum allowed by law"[/h]From CNN’s Sarah Jorgensen and Aaron Cooper
</header>The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania submitted the attached Sentencing Memorandum to the court regarding Bill Cosby’s sentence. They are asking for 5-10 years imprisonment, $25,000 fine, and funds to pay for the costs of prosecution.
“A sober view of this case and this defendant, without any regard to emotion or sympathy, can mean only one just sentence, and that is the maximum allowed by law. The Commonwealth respectfully requests that this Court impose a sentence of 5 to 10 years’ imprisonment, a $25,000 fine, and costs of prosecution,” the document states.
Here are some other key lines:
</header>The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania submitted the attached Sentencing Memorandum to the court regarding Bill Cosby’s sentence. They are asking for 5-10 years imprisonment, $25,000 fine, and funds to pay for the costs of prosecution.
“A sober view of this case and this defendant, without any regard to emotion or sympathy, can mean only one just sentence, and that is the maximum allowed by law. The Commonwealth respectfully requests that this Court impose a sentence of 5 to 10 years’ imprisonment, a $25,000 fine, and costs of prosecution,” the document states.
Here are some other key lines:
- “Defendant’s crime was more than just a physical sexual assault. He violated Ms. Constand’s trust, which, unbeknownst to her, he spent time and energy cultivating with the specific intent of having sexual contact with her. He also abused his power. Defendant used his age, his stature at Temple University, and, of course, his acting success and public persona to facilitate his drug-induced sexual assault. The totality of his crime was severe. His sentence should reflect that.”
- “These assaults spanned decades and demonstrate an ingrained pattern of criminality. There is no indication the defendant’s behavior will stop merely because he has been convicted.”
- “Moreover, the defendant has never accepted responsibility for his crime, nor has he shown any remorse. Quite the opposite, he tried to silence Ms. Constand with money because he was concerned about his own potential financial harm if news of the assault became public.”
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By Mariah Haas | Fox News
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Judge Steven O'Neill sentenced 81-year-old comedian Bill Cosby for sexually assaulting Temple University athletics administrator Andrea Constand in 2004; Rick Leventhal reports from Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Since disgraced comic Bill Cosby started his prison sentence a little over four months ago, his family hasn't visited him.
Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, told The Associated Press on Thursday that Cosby, 81, doesn't expect his wife, Camille, or their daughters to visit him at SCI-Phoenix in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
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Per the news outlet, the prison is 20 miles from the family's estate in the Philadelphia suburbs.
"He doesn't want to have them in that environment," Wyatt, who said he visits Cosby regularly, told AP. "Why put them in that position, to make it turn into some form of a circus?"
A rep for Cosby did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.
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On Thursday, it was reported that Cosby was moved to the general population last weekafter spending four months in special housing as he acclimated to the prison. He now has a single cell in a two-story unit at the newly built prison in Montgomery County.
A jury last year convicted Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. On Sept. 25, Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O'Neill sentenced Cosby to three to 10 years in state prison. He is appealing the conviction.
BILL COSBY SENTENCED TO 3 TO 10 YEARS FOR DRUGGING, SEXUALLY ASSAULTING ANDREA CONSTAND
Camille — she's Cosby's wife of more than 50 years — made just one brief appearance at each of her husband's two criminal trials, and their three surviving daughters stayed away. Camille did, however, file an ethics complaint against the trial judge last year, accusing him of bias in the case.
Wyatt told AP that Camille continues to strategize on her husband's behalf behind the scenes.
Cosby, a Philadelphia native, rose to fame in the 1960s as the first black actor to star in a prime-time television drama with the hit show, "I Spy." He became known as "America's Dad" for his portrayal of family man Cliff Huxtable on the top-rated "Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992.
Dozens of women have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct over a 50-year span, including five who testified at his retrial last year. Cosby and his lawyers and agents have repeatedly called the encounters consensual.
By Mariah Haas | Fox News
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Judge Steven O'Neill sentenced 81-year-old comedian Bill Cosby for sexually assaulting Temple University athletics administrator Andrea Constand in 2004; Rick Leventhal reports from Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Since disgraced comic Bill Cosby started his prison sentence a little over four months ago, his family hasn't visited him.
Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, told The Associated Press on Thursday that Cosby, 81, doesn't expect his wife, Camille, or their daughters to visit him at SCI-Phoenix in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
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Per the news outlet, the prison is 20 miles from the family's estate in the Philadelphia suburbs.
"He doesn't want to have them in that environment," Wyatt, who said he visits Cosby regularly, told AP. "Why put them in that position, to make it turn into some form of a circus?"
A rep for Cosby did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.
BILL COSBY FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: A LOOK AT THE CASE
On Thursday, it was reported that Cosby was moved to the general population last weekafter spending four months in special housing as he acclimated to the prison. He now has a single cell in a two-story unit at the newly built prison in Montgomery County.
A jury last year convicted Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. On Sept. 25, Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O'Neill sentenced Cosby to three to 10 years in state prison. He is appealing the conviction.
BILL COSBY SENTENCED TO 3 TO 10 YEARS FOR DRUGGING, SEXUALLY ASSAULTING ANDREA CONSTAND
Camille — she's Cosby's wife of more than 50 years — made just one brief appearance at each of her husband's two criminal trials, and their three surviving daughters stayed away. Camille did, however, file an ethics complaint against the trial judge last year, accusing him of bias in the case.
Wyatt told AP that Camille continues to strategize on her husband's behalf behind the scenes.
Cosby, a Philadelphia native, rose to fame in the 1960s as the first black actor to star in a prime-time television drama with the hit show, "I Spy." He became known as "America's Dad" for his portrayal of family man Cliff Huxtable on the top-rated "Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992.
Dozens of women have accused him of sexual assault or misconduct over a 50-year span, including five who testified at his retrial last year. Cosby and his lawyers and agents have repeatedly called the encounters consensual.
