Marysville Appeal-Democrat

Bill Cosby is a ‘sexually violent predator,’ Pa. board finds

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The judge must hold a hearing before sentencing, at which prosecutor­s call an expert witness who is of the sexual offender assessment board to testify about their evaluation. Defense lawyers also have a chance to present their own expert evaluation.

O’neill will make the final ruling on whether Cosby should be considered a sexually violent predator.

If Cosby is designated as such, he will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and participat­e in counseling or treatment at least once a month.

“We will see them in court,” Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s publicist, said Tuesday in response to Steele’s request.

Cosby has been on house arrest at his home in Cheltenham since April when Bill Cosby walks out of the Montgomery County Courthouse on April 26 in Norristown, Pa., after learning a jury found him guilty of sexual assault. A Pennsylvan­ia board has recommende­d Cosby be declared a ‘sexually violent predator,’ which would require him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and undergo treatment.

he was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. Wyatt

said Tuesday that Cosby was doing “great.”

His sentencing hearing,

for which the judge has reserved two days, is scheduled to begin Sept. 24.

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