Bill Cosby Scandal Timeline: From First Accusation to Jail Sentence (Photos)
Bill Cosby starts his retrial today in Norristown, Pa. of regarding sexual assault charges of Temple University employee Andrea Constand. Cosby faces 10 years in prison if convicted. Below is a timeline ranging from the first accusation against Cosby through his initial mistrial to today.
1965
In 2014, Kristina Ruehli accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her when she was 22 years old.
July 1997
Cosby admits to paying $100,000 to a woman named Shawn Berkes to keep secret an extramarital affair they had in the 1970s. But he denied he was the father of her 22-year-old daughter.
March 2000
Lachele Covington files police report claiming Cosby touched her inappropriately. No charges were brought against Cosby.
May 2004
Cosby delivers his famous “Pound Cake” speech at NAACP Awards, criticizing too-permissive parenting by African Americans. A judge later cited the moralizing speech when unsealing Cosby’s deposition in 2015.
January 13, 2005
Former Temple University student Andrea Constand files a police report accusing Cosby of sexual assault. She later files a civil suit citing 12 other Jane Doe accusers.
October 2014
A video of comedian Hannibal Buress doing a stand-up routine about Cosby’s reputation with women goes viral, bringing the accusations back to public attention.
November 18, 2014
Former “America’s Next Top Model” judge Janice Dickinson accuses Cosby of sexual assault. Cosby’s lawyers later call her a liar.
November 18, 2014
Netflix cancels Cosby’s planned stand-up special after more than a dozen women come forward accusing the actor of sexual assault.
November 19, 2014
NBC drops planned comedy series starring Cosby. NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt later explains that the accusations had reached “critical mass.”
November 19, 2014
TV Land pulls reruns of Cosby’s 1980’s sitcom “The Cosby Show” from the air just hours after the cancellation of his NBC series.
November 21, 2014
Cosby receives a standing ovation at stand-up comedy show in Melbourne, Florida. The rest of the tour is plagued by cancellations, hecklers and protests.
December 26, 2014
One of the comedian’s most outspoken critics, Judd Apatow, begins his Twitter crusade against Cosby. “Guys who rape a lot aren’t cool,” the director writes.
January 6, 2015
Phylicia Rashad, the actress who played Cosby’s wife for eight seasons on “The Cosby Show” defends her former TV husband: “What you’re seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it’s orchestrated.”
May 15, 2015
Cosby breaks his silence on the allegations in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I have been in this business over 52 years and I have never seen anything like this,” he says.
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