Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison in sex case

Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, becoming the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison.

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Tue., Sept. 25, 2018

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.

Matt Slocum Associated Press
Former model Janice Dickinson gestures outside the Montgomery County Courthouse during Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.

Matt Slocum Associated Press
Bill Cosby departs after a sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.

Matt Slocum Associated Press
Andrea Constand arrives at the sentencing hearing for Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

David Maialetti Associated Press
Accuser Lili Bernard, who has said she was drugged and raped by Bill Cosby in the 1990s, hugs a man who apologized to her for being aggressive toward her at a previous Cosby hearing, outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

Jacqueline Larma Associated Press