Bill Cosby's accuser in the sexual assault case against him entered the courtroom today on Day 2 of the comedian's trial, moving a step closer to telling her story publicly for the first time.
Cosby, 79, is charged with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. The TV star dubbed America's Dad could get 10 years in prison if convicted.
Constand, a 44-year-old former employee of the basketball program at Temple University, Cosby's alma mater, has never spoken publicly about him under the terms of a confidential settlement they reached in 2006. Her deposition from that lawsuit remains sealed.
Some 60 women have come forward to say Cosby sexually violated them, all but destroying his nice-guy image on screen and off, but the statute of limitations for prosecution had run out in nearly every case. Constand's case is the only one in which Cosby has been charged.
The long-awaited courtroom confrontation drew near as prosecutors used the first day and a half of the trial to argue that Cosby made a habit of knocking women out with pills and then molesting them.
Kelly Johnson testified on Day 1 that Cosby drugged molested her at a Los Angeles hotel bungalow in 1996. She said she lost consciousness soon after Cosby pressured her to take a large white pill. She said that when she awoke, Cosby was naked and forced her to sexually gratify him with her hand.
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