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Minutes before a handcuffed Bill Cosby walked out of the courtroom as an 81-year-old convicted sex offender, he removed his dark pinstripe blazer and purple tie, and rolled up the sleeves on his crisp white shirt.
Judge Steven O'Neill had just sentenced Cosby to three to 10 years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand 14 years ago. It took more than a decade, two trials and dozens of accusers to seal his fate.
After the sentencing, the judge took a break to consider the defense attorney's request to free Cosby on bail during the appeal. As people waited for the judge's bail decision in the hallway, where court officials had ushered them, the man once known as "America's favorite father figure" sat with his attorneys and took off some of his clothes. Bill Cosby, center, leaves the courtroom after he was sentenced to three-to 10-years Tuesday for felony sexual assault.
About 20 minutes later, the judge returned and said bail was not appropriate. Sheriff's deputies escorted Cosby out of the courtroom as he clutched a wooden cane with both hands.
Looking straight ahead, Cosby walked down a hallway and disappeared behind doors -- the final stages of a monthslong journey to state prison.
"Mr Cosby, any comments sir?" a reporter asked.
He did not say a word.
'The day has come'
During the sentencing, Cosby sat motionless in a courtroom packed with about 200 people.
A man who once rubbed elbows with some of Hollywood's biggest names only had attorneys and publicists with him in the courtroom. His wife, Camille, who'd stood by him throughout both trials, was nowhere to be seen. Neither were his children. Cosby declined to address the courtroom during the sentencing hearing, and sat rigidly as O'Neill explained why state prison is mandated.
"This was a serious crime," said O'Neill, a judge in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. "Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The day has come, the time has come."
Accuser's statement was crucial
Glancing toward Constand and her family, the judge said her impact statement was crucial in determining the sentence. Constand's attorney put her arm around her shoulder as the judge handed down the sentence.
Cosby remained expressionless when the judge read the sentence, and did not address the court during the sentencing hearing. "I do not need any more discussion on that," he responded to a question on whether he'd say something. When O'Neill asked him if he understood that decision, Cosby answered, "yes."
O'Neill said he would not hold it against Cosby that he didn't speak or testify.
Judge revoked Cosby's bail
After the sentence, the defense blurted out a request for bail during the appeal process, citing a problem with the audio recording of phone calls recorded by Constand.
