4 Famous people charged with sex crimes
Famous people aren’t immune to being convicted of sex crimes and punished accordingly under the law, though not all infamous sex crimes end with convictions. Bill Cosby He was born on July 12, 1937, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Camille Hanks is the wife of Bill Cosby Bill Cosby was one of the celebrities exposed. Dozens of women have accused the performer of drugging and assaulting them over the years. Bill Cosby was convicted by a jury in April 2018 of three counts of sexual assault. He was ultimately sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. Though Cosby was accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, only one filed criminal charges. Cosby’s case concerned an alleged sexual assault in 2004 of Andrea Constand, who was on the athletics staff of Temple University in Philadelphia. That’s where Cosby lived in retirement from show business, after decades of popularity as a standup comedian and actor including the long-running sitcom hit