Bill Cosby sentenced

[elvisdo]

I wonder if there will be an appeal and he gets to serve in a prison similar to Martha Stewart.

[aflyingmonkey]

I think at his age, he would have best been sent home to do his time with an ankle monitor and have to pay huge fines & continue to pay them yearly for all the money he cost the taxpayers.  He would then not be a burden to the tax payers keeping him in jail, & having to take care of his medical costs... he's blind & 81 full of ailments.... let him stay at home, pay fines, pay for his own food, pay his own medical costs, pay for the drain on the American taxpayer for having to take him to court & monitor him.    The women can still sue him in civil court  & get justice.  He is worth like $450 million dollars, he should have to reimburse everyone for everything.

[countrygirl12]

It's about time...  So glad to see his money & fame didn't save him from facing the justice that he deserved.  I think he deserved more time than what he got.

He will serve 3 or 4 years in a modern prison with all the amenities and when he gets out he will write a book or make a movie about it and be back in the big bucks again so fast it will make your head spin.

I doubt it. He is 81 and supposed to be in declining health. He has not done anything in years. He is blind. Remember? He can't see to write a book.  SMH.  I also know 2 people who claim to be legally blind and both drive a car. So maybe they have changed the meaning of the word blind. Idk.

Wow, you know everything about everything don't you.

Blind does not have to mean "completely without sight." Speak to an optometrist and they can explain to you that you can be legally blind having vision impairments such as depth perception or other injuries or conditions. Here is a definition to help you out.

Legal blindness is a level of vision loss that has been legally defined to determine eligibility for benefits. In the United States, this refers to a medically diagnosed central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the best possible correction, and/or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.

LOL.  Well do you feel better.  You have attacked me on two threads now.  haha.

I stand behind what I said.  If you are BLIND you do not need to be driving a 3-4 ton missile down the road.

He also won't write a book and chances are he will never serve a day in jail. You act like I am personally responsible for the outcome of the trial.

[countrygirl12]

I think at his age, he would have best been sent home to do his time with an ankle monitor and have to pay huge fines & continue to pay them yearly for all the money he cost the taxpayers.  He would then not be a burden to the tax payers keeping him in jail, & having to take care of his medical costs... he's blind & 81 full of ailments.... let him stay at home, pay fines, pay for his own food, pay his own medical costs, pay for the drain on the American taxpayer for having to take him to court & monitor him.    The women can still sue him in civil court  & get justice.  He is worth like $450 million dollars, he should have to reimburse everyone for everything.

How did he cost the tax payers anything? I am sure he paid for his own lawyers during this court trial.

I think I am going to make a list and sue everybody who has ever "wronged" me. smh.  You can bet if he was ordered to pay millions to women who SAID he done something to them there will be a lot more come forward with accusations.  I am also curious as to how throwing money at it is going to make them feel better.  That tells me that it is all about money anyway.

[debidoo]

Good but too little too late in my opinion.  I have no sympathy for him whatsoever and I was glad to hear the judge wasn't hearing him staying home while he waited on a new trial.   He is going into a brand new prison but at least he won't be free.

[dancer139]

its about time !!!  this has taken forever.   he got less time then I would have liked.  but he will probably not  serve much time in jail.  they will let him out

[aflyingmonkey]

I think at his age, he would have best been sent home to do his time with an ankle monitor and have to pay huge fines & continue to pay them yearly for all the money he cost the taxpayers.  He would then not be a burden to the tax payers keeping him in jail, & having to take care of his medical costs... he's blind & 81 full of ailments.... let him stay at home, pay fines, pay for his own food, pay his own medical costs, pay for the drain on the American taxpayer for having to take him to court & monitor him.    The women can still sue him in civil court  & get justice.  He is worth like $450 million dollars, he should have to reimburse everyone for everything.

How did he cost the tax payers anything? I am sure he paid for his own lawyers during this court trial.

I think I am going to make a list and sue everybody who has ever "wronged" me. smh.  You can bet if he was ordered to pay millions to women who SAID he done something to them there will be a lot more come forward with accusations.  I am also curious as to how throwing money at it is going to make them feel better.  That tells me that it is all about money anyway.

He cost the taxpayers for all the court costs, the prosecution, extra security, etc... who do you think pays for all that... the US taxpayers.  Cosby actually was fined $25,000 plus the cost of his prosecution as part of his guilty verdict/sentencing. So he will be paying for it all which is fair.

This criminal trial isn't going to order him to pay anyone - that would be separate court proceedings, civil court. People have the right to sue in Civil court for damages, it is just how the law & courts go.  Just like OJ Simpson was found not guilty; but the Goldman family sued civilly & still won $20 million settlement from OJ.
Crosby was found guilty, those women all have just cause to take him to court & win civil damages.  Which they probably would do because people want money.

You are welcome to attempt to sue anyone that has "wronged" you, you just have to present your case in court.  That is why we have all those crazy lawsuits that clog up our courts.

[Mizzkizz7]

Those women probably flirted with him because he was Bill Cosby.  Not saying he did nothing wrong but sometimes women can be flirtatious, and tease. He is getting time for one women. The others,...I don't think so.

[MichelleHW101]

It certainly is justification for the women that accused him of sexual assault.  I just think in the wake of the #MeToo movement it seems everyone is coming out of the woodwork and I wonder really how damaged these women were after the event.  I really think there should be a cap of at least 10yrs.  If you can't find the courage in a decade to come out with the assault, whether anyone believes you or not, then you shouldn't bother to come out at all.  It's just hard to get behind someone who comes out decades later when their attacker is either now currently famous or up for a huge public office.       

[countrygirl12]

I think at his age, he would have best been sent home to do his time with an ankle monitor and have to pay huge fines & continue to pay them yearly for all the money he cost the taxpayers.  He would then not be a burden to the tax payers keeping him in jail, & having to take care of his medical costs... he's blind & 81 full of ailments.... let him stay at home, pay fines, pay for his own food, pay his own medical costs, pay for the drain on the American taxpayer for having to take him to court & monitor him.    The women can still sue him in civil court  & get justice.  He is worth like $450 million dollars, he should have to reimburse everyone for everything.

How did he cost the tax payers anything? I am sure he paid for his own lawyers during this court trial.

I think I am going to make a list and sue everybody who has ever "wronged" me. smh.  You can bet if he was ordered to pay millions to women who SAID he done something to them there will be a lot more come forward with accusations.  I am also curious as to how throwing money at it is going to make them feel better.  That tells me that it is all about money anyway.

He cost the taxpayers for all the court costs, the prosecution, extra security, etc... who do you think pays for all that... the US taxpayers.  Cosby actually was fined $25,000 plus the cost of his prosecution as part of his guilty verdict/sentencing. So he will be paying for it all which is fair.

This criminal trial isn't going to order him to pay anyone - that would be separate court proceedings, civil court. People have the right to sue in Civil court for damages, it is just how the law & courts go.  Just like OJ Simpson was found not guilty; but the Goldman family sued civilly & still won $20 million settlement from OJ.
Crosby was found guilty, those women all have just cause to take him to court & win civil damages.  Which they probably would do because people want money.

You are welcome to attempt to sue anyone that has "wronged" you, you just have to present your case in court.  That is why we have all those crazy lawsuits that clog up our courts.

It is sad that they are doing this. Like I said before, I do not believe he done anything TO them.  WITH them yeah he probably did. But I do not believe he raped them.  If he was raping them why did they continue to live in the PLAYBOY MANSION and continue to stay around him? They were having sex with him. They were trying to further their career.

I have never really liked him but I actually feel sorry for him.  The people in prison who are being mean to him have no right to do that.  They are in jail too.  They done something to get there.  If this was not allegations from 20, 30, or 40 years ago then maybe I would believe it.  It is just like the other cases like this where ignorant women come up and say some guy done something decades ago.  IF it happened decades ago then they should have said something then.  IF you don't say anything for half a century then leave it in the past.

I honestly do not think Cosby will live all that much longer.  I think this may be enough to kill him.  I think a lot of people are jealous of him and his money and they want to take it away from him, his wife, his kids, and grandchildren.  People are vindictive and evil.

The really really sad part is if he died tonight from a heart attack and it was ruled it was caused by mental anguish there are people who would rejoice in his death. Even people on THIS thread who claim to care so much about people.  And the fact is NOBODY on here or any where else knows the truth.  ONLY the people involved and God.  Everybody else is just taking a side and choosing whom they want to believe.

[ktheodos]

don't really know what to say since I haven't been following closely....he's so old anyway he might not even outlive the sentence

[pectacon]

I haven't followed that closely to know if I believe ALL of the accusations however if he's guilty I'm glad to see that he's not above the law just because he's a celebrity and also considering his age. Who knows if he has ten years left on his life. I bet he is awfully surprised now.

[countrygirl12]

I agree with Countrygirl, these women got what they wanted out of Bill Cosby.  They wanted to get into show business so they did what women do to get what they want.  I think if it  was so bad and back in the day when black men would be hung for just looking at a white women so no I just don't think it is fair.

Exactly. Thank you.

[countrygirl12]

If Bill Cosby did these thing to these women then he deserves to serve time, however ALL those women?! Come on and not one spoke up? Someone should have spoke up back in the 70s and the 80s. If I'm not mistaken I think someone did, but I'm surprised they took him straight to jail. I think most of these women liked it. They probably wanted him to give them money. I believe it has a lot to do with racism too. 

They liked being drugged and raped??  Seriously?? 

They were not raped. They had sex with him. Several were paid.  They were not doing anything they did not want to do.  There is no way that THAT may women were raped and NONE of them would come forward. They lived in the play boy mansion and they had sex for money. They used him to further their career. They are washed up and don't have a career any longer so they said hey here is a way to get some moolah.

Yes, dear , they were raped.  Drugging a woman so you can have sex with her without her consent is rape. 
The only person to blame for rape is the rapist.

I am not your dear. And NO they were not raped.  They went there willingly and they had sex willingly.  They wanted to further their career.  They just want money from him now.

[countrygirl12]

I wonder if there will be an appeal and he gets to serve in a prison similar to Martha Stewart.

Of course there will be an appeal.  And right now he is in a regular prison with regular thugs.  It amazes me how the people he is in jail with think they are better than he is.  They are there for a reason as well.