NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave her three blue pills that put her in a stupor, unable to stop his advances.
District Judge Elizabeth McHugh ruled that prosecutors had sufficient evidence to bring Cosby to trial in the lone criminal case brought against him out of the barrage of allegations that he drugged and molested dozens of women. A trial date was not immediately set.
Cosby, 78, could get 10 years in prison if convicted.
"Mr. Cosby, good luck to you, sir," the judge said.
"Thank you," said the former TV star. He stood up after the ruling and hugged one of his lawyers.
The judge set an arraignment for July 20, at which time he could enter a plea. But Cosby waived his right to appear at that proceeding. That sets the case on a trajectory for trial.
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.