26 Sep 2018

Bill Cosby sent to state jail for at least three years

From Morning Report, 7:26 am on 26 September 2018

Bill Cosby, the actor and comedian once known as "America's Dad," has been sent to a minimum of three years in a Pensylvannia State Jail... and could end up staying in prison for up to a decade. Cosby was out on bail as he appealed his three convictions for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home 14 years ago. "This was a serious crime," Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O'Neill said. "Mr Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The day has come, the time has come." Our US correspondent Simon Marks joins us with the details.