Entertainment
Bill Cosby Jailed For Sexual Assault
United States 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 entertainer was convicted by a Jury in April of three counts of sexual assault stemming from the attack on Andrea Constand in his philadelphia home.
Cosby was ordered to pay a $25,000 (#19000) fine plus the costs of prosecution as part of the sentence. Our foreign source reports that Cosby has also been categorised as a “sexually violent predator”, meaning he must undertake monthly counselling for the rest of his life and report to the authorities four times a year.
Cosby will also be placed on the sex offender registry which includes a notification to the community that sexually violent predator lives in the area. After announcing the sentence, Judge Stephen O’ Neil told Cosby that this was a “serious crime”, adding “Mr Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The day has come, the time has come”.
O’Neil cited Constand’s powerful victim’s statement that was released by prosecutors, saying that nothing short of a significant stint in the state prison would be appropriate”, “as she said Mr. Cosby took her beautiful healthy young spirit and crushed her,” O’Neil said”.
Cosby declined to make a statement to the court prior to sentencing and was taken into custody immediately as judge O’Neil denied an application for the comedian to be released on bail pending an appeal by his legal team.
Speaking outside the court, Attorney for several Cosby’s accusers Gloria Alfred, said: This is a journey to justice for all of the accusers, were glad that judgement day has finally come, Mr Cosby has shown no remorse”.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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