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An arrest warrant has been issued for entertainer Bill Cosby for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple employee Andrea Constand at his Elkins Park, Pennsylvania mansion in January 2004, sources tell PEOPLE.
Constand was not available for comment but one of her attorneys expressed gratitude toward the prosecutor.
"Obviously we appreciate the expression of confidence in her," says Dolores Troiani of her client, Constand, 42, who is now a massage therapist in Ontario, Canada. "We'll have to see what happens. We hope justice will be done. We will cooperate fully."
Cosby has previously said what happened between him and Constand was consensual, but in new court filings last summer Constand said she was in a relationship with a woman at the time. She also called Cosby a "narcissist" who missed cues that she's gay.
The statute of limitations to charge Cosby runs out in January.
Troiani exclusively told PEOPLE in September that if prosecutors decided to arrest Cosby for the alleged assault, Constand would fully cooperate.
"I think she'd a very strong lady," Troiani said. "She'll do whatever she needs to do, whatever they ask of her."
So far, more than 50 women have accused the entertainer of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them. (Cosby has vehemently denied all of the allegations). The warrant comes just two weeks after Cosby filed defamation lawsuits against several of those accusers, who have filed defamation lawsuits of their own against him.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Good. I hope this serial raping scumbag spends his last days rotting in prison.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: intrptr
Convicted in the court of media and public opinion… Lock him up and throw away the key, huh?
If he was so innocent why did he settle monetarily with some of the victims?
Spare me your feigned righteous indignation.
originally posted by: introvert
Sometimes it is financially smarter to settle than to pay to defend yourself in court.
A settlement is not an admission of guilt or a conviction.
originally posted by: WeRpeons
a reply to: IAMTAT
It's about time! How many victims did they need before they arrested him? Again, if Cosby wasn't rich he would have been arrested along time ago. Just another example of how the rich and powerful get preferential treatment!
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: intrptr
Convicted in the court of media and public opinion… Lock him up and throw away the key, huh?
If he was so innocent why did he settle monetarily with some of the victims?
Spare me your feigned righteous indignation.
originally posted by: introvert
originally posted by: IAMTAT
Hopefully, Hillary Clinton will be asked to comment on this very soon.
Why would she comment on this? It has nothing to do with her.
This September Mrs. Clinton declared that “every survivor of sexual assault” has “the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed.”