Bill Cosby to finally stand trial in sexual assault case

A US judge has ordered actor and comedian Bill Cosby to stand trial on charges of sexual assault.

The District Judge said the prosecutor had sufficient evidence to bring Cosby to trial in the lone criminal case brought against him, out of the barrage of allegations that he drugged and molested dozens of women, reports Channel 24.

The ruling came after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman accused the 78-year-old comedian of giving her three blue pills that put her in a stupor, unable to stop his advances.

If convicted, the comedian can get 10 years of imprisonment.

The judge has set an arraignment for July 20 and the comedian can file a plea at that time.

But Cosby waived his right to appear at that proceeding, which sets the case on a trajectory for trial.

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