After months of legal depositions, Bill Cosby has been ordered to stand trial for a sexual assault case that was reported in 2004.
CNN reports that Cosby will be on trial for three counts of felony indecent assault stemming from the 2004 case involving Temple employee Andrea Constand, who says that she was drugged and sexually assaulted. If he’s found guilty, Cosby faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Though the alleged assault was reported when it was first reported—police declined to file charges against Cosby—it was reopened in November 2014 when dozens of women began coming forward accusing Cosby of sexual assault and rape.
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In the last 18 months, more than 50 women have come forward saying that Cosby had sexually assaulted them in the years spanning from the 1970s to the early aughts. Cosby has denied any wrongdoing, and his wife, Camille has refused to speak on the matter.
Cosby is scheduled to appear in court on July 20.
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