Television actor Bill Cosby has been jailed for up to a decade for sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Judge Steven O'Neill sentenced the 81-year-old comedian to three to 10 years behind bars and fined him $25,000 (£19,000) in a Pennsylvania courtroom. He told Cosby, who is the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to prison, that he was not entitled to bail while he appeals against his conviction. After sentencing, Cosby was led away from court in handcuffs and taken to jail. Prosecutors had been seeking a term of five to 10 years in prison. Cosby's defence lawyers asked for house arrest. The former Cosby Show star, who was known to millions as "America's Dad", was convicted…
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