A “sexually violent predator” with “zero remorse”, that’s how Andrea Constand described Bill Cosby in a first tv interview since the comedian’s release.
It was Constand’s 2004 sexual assault allegation that led to Cosby’s initial 2018 conviction which was recently overturned in June. In an interview with NBC News, she said she was “shocked” and “disappointed” that the 84-year-old actor was now free. She also added that it was “disgusting” watching him celebrate his release. “It didn’t surprise me, given the level of the arrogance and having no remorse. During the time he was incarcerated, absolutely zero remorse for what he did to me.”
The decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to overturn Cosby’s conviction wasn’t well received by Constand. However, she added that the fact that her testimony was believed made it all worth it.
“Bill Cosby walks free, but it doesn’t change the fact that my testimony was believed,” said Constand. She tells her story in the new book The Moment: Standing Up to Bill Cosby, Speaking Up for Women.
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She continued, “I have come way too far to go back to that place to wonder whether it’s all worth it, or to have regrets. It was worth it. But it was worth it because I didn’t feel alone. I had a whole community, a whole army of women and other survivors, strangers, family, friends, who were right there with me.”
Bill Cosby was originally sentenced to three to 10 years in prison. He had been found guilty in his second trial for assaulting Constand even though the 83-year-old always maintained that they were consensual.
Since then, more than 60 women have claimed that Cosby drugged and assaulted them over the decades. The dates of the alleged incidents span from 1965 to 2008.
