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                     Bill Cosby Charged With Sexual Assault

   by VOA News

   Prosecutors in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania have brought criminal
   charges against comedian Bill Cosby over the alleged sexual assault of
   a woman in 2004.

   Montgomery County First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele made
   the announcement, saying Cosby is being charged with "aggravated
   indecent assault."  He noted that the charge is a felony and that Cosby
   will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.

   The case deals with a former Temple University employee who told police
   Cosby drugged and violated her at his home near Philadelphia.

   Cosby, 78, has denied allegations from numerous women who have accused
   the entertainer of sexual assault and rape.

   The earliest alleged incidents took place in the mid-1960s, and with
   many alleged to have been drug-facilitated.

   Court documents show Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained
   quaalude pills to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. But he
   has insisted these encounters were consensual.


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