Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault

US COMEDIAN Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.

A jury convicted the Cosby Show star of three counts of aggravated indecent assault less than a year after another jury was deadlocked on the charges.

Cosby, 80, was charged with assaulting Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.

The comedian stood up and reacted angrily after jurors left the courtroom.

He used an expletive to refer to District Attorney Kevin Steele, who was arguing to revoke Cosby’s bail.

Judge Steven O’Neill ruled Cosby will remain free pending sentencing and told the jury it was “an extraordinarily difficult case” and they had “sacrificed in the service of justice”.

Dozens of women have come forward in recent years to say he drugged and assaulted them. Five of the other accusers testified against him at the retrial.

A lawyer for some of his accusers said “justice has been done” after the comedian’s conviction.

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