Topless actress protests Bill Cosby at re-trial

Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; Chris Stevenson (independent.co.uk); FEMEN.org

FEMEN topless protester, actress Nicolle Rochelle, is detained as Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse (Corey Perrine/AP).

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"America's rapist" (Daily News)

Topless protester at Bill Cosby retrial identified as actor Nicolle Rochelle who appeared on The Cosby Show.

 

If convicted of sexual assault charges Cosby faces up to 10 years in prison. He denies the allegations. 

A topless protester with “Women's Lives Matters” written on her body has charged at Bill Cosby as he walked into a Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his retrial over accusations of sexual assault.

The woman jumped over a barricade and launched towards Cosby but was intercepted by sheriff's deputies, who handcuffed her (careful not to touch her exposed boobs) and led her away.

The woman was later identified as actor Nicolle Rochelle, who appeared on several episodes of The Cosby Show, the program for which Cosby is best known.

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Ms. Rochelle was charged with disorderly conduct for running in front of Cosby towards a bank of television cameras as he approached the courthouse.

Also written on her body were the names of some of Cosby's alleged victims.

The new trial comes almost a year after a jury reached deadlock on charges that Cosby drugged and assaulted Andrea Constand, 44, at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004.

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Actor Bill Cosby, 80, walks into court.

Judge Steven O'Neill declared a mistrial in that case. If convicted of the most serious charge of aggravated indecent assault, Cosby, 80, could face up to 10 years in prison.

Ms. Constand is one of dozens women who have accused him of sexual assaults [drugging, raping, molesting], some dating back decades.

Mr. Cosby ("Dr. Huxtable") has denied all allegations made against him and claims all sexual encounters were "consensual." More

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