Bill Cosby jailed for sexual assault

Disgraced star set to serve three to 10 years in prison

Bill Cosby sentenced to three to 10 years prison for 2004 sexual assault
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Comedian and actor Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.

The 81-year-old was convicted by a jury in April of three counts of sexual assault stemming from his attack on Andrea Constand in his Philadelphia home.

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