Wednesday, May 25, 2016

OpEd: Scandal, Empire and Bill Cosby, Oh My!



We've seen the season finales of nighttime soaps, Scandal and Empire. And we will speculate all summer long about the cliffhangers. But the best soap opera drama may unfold in real life and in real time.

Today, after many hearings, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Judge Elizabeth A. McHugh ruled that she would allow the ten-year-old sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby, 78, to move forward in a trial this summer. His next court appearance is scheduled for July, 20, but no trial date has been set at this time. 

Cosby is facing three counts of felony indecent assault from a 2004 case involving Andrea Constand, an employee at Temple University, Cosby's alma mater. She is one more than 50 women who have accused the comedian of sexual misconduct, and is the first and only case to go to trial. If he is found guilty he could serve ten years in prison. 

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Source: NBC News

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