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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania - 30 December 2015

1. STILL photo of Bill Cosby

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2. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"Entertainer Bill Cosby is free on $1 million bail tonight after appearing in a courtroom near Philadelphia to address the first criminal charges ever filed against him, after scores of women have accused him of sexual assault."

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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania - 30 December 2015

3. Various of Cosby arriving for arraignment

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4. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"The 78-year-old Cosby came into court with a cane, walking somewhat unsteadily, and has vision problems that made it difficult for him to sign the legal paperwork."

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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania - 30 December 2015

5. Various of Cosby arriving for arraignment

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6. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"His lawyers say he will vigorously fight the charges. He's due to return to court Jan. 14 for a preliminary hearing."

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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania - 30 December 2015

7. Various of Cosby leaving arraignment

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8. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"The charges come as the statute of limitations for felony sexual assault in Pennsylvania was due to expire next month, which would be 12 years after the encounter at his home."

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Cheltenham, Pennsylvania - 30 December 2015

9. Various exteriors of Cosby home

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10. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"A lawyer for the accuser says that they are troubled that it took 12 years for the charges to be filed, but they say they are encouraged that it means the current prosecutor believes her statement, and they hope it will encourage more women to come forward."

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11. Various of Cosby arriving for finger printing

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12. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"The case involves the first known accuser to tell police that she believed Cosby had drugged and molested her at his home near Philadelphia. She worked for Temple University at the time and Cosby was a friend and mentor."

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13. Various of Cosby leaving finger printing

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14. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"She says she was at his home when the entertainer gave her three pills that she thought was herbal medication, and that she then became drowsy and woke up later in the night believing she had been sexually assaulted."

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15. Various of Cosby seated with wife

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16. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"Prosecutors say the aggravated indecent assault charges stem in part from the fact that Andrea Constand was impaired that night at Cosby's house. They say she was frozen, could not move or shout out when he was sexually assaulting her. The two were friends, and she said he was a trusted friend who gave her three pills that she believed to be herbal medication. Cosby, in depositions unsealed this year, says they were Benadryl."

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17. Various of Cosby seated with wife

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18. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"The charges come after The Associated Press went to court to unseal documents from the 2004 civil lawsuit that Andrea Constand had filed and settled with Cosby."

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19. Various of Cosby seated with wife

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20. SOUNDBITE (English), Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press reporter:

"The deposition shows Cosby acknowledging getting quaaludes in the 1970s in order to give women he hoped to have sex with, and also acknowledging a series of affairs over the years. Cosby calls the encounters consensual, but today the prosecutors have said at least one, they believe, was criminal."

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Washington - 5 November 2014

21. Various of Cosby seated with wife

Bill Cosby was arrested and charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad.

The case sets the stage for perhaps the biggest Hollywood celebrity trial of the mobile-news era and could send the 78-year-old Cosby to prison in the twilight of his life and pioneering career.

Prosecutors accused him of plying former Temple University employee Andrea Constand with pills and wine, then penetrating her with his fingers without her consent, while she was drifting in and out of consciousness, unable to resist or cry out.

She was "frozen, paralyzed, unable to move," Montgomery County District Attorney-elect Kevin Steele said. In court papers, prosecutors said the drugs were the cold medicine Benadryl or some other, unidentified substance. Steele noted that Cosby has admitted giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with.

The TV star acknowledged under oath a decade ago that he had sexual contact with Constand but said it was consensual.

The decision to prosecute him came down just days before Pennsylvania's 12-year statute of limitations for bringing charges was set to run out.

The case represents an about-face by the district attorney's office, which under a previous DA declined to charge Cosby in 2005 when Constand first told police that the comic violated her by putting his hands down her pants at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Cheltenham.