The End of the Line “Hey, Bill!” someone shrieked as Bill Cosby entered the Montgomery County Courthouse, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. It was May 24, 2016. After years of denials and delays, a judge would finally rule on whether a criminal case involving Andrea Constand would go forward. Surrounded by his attorneys, handlers, and bodyguards, Cosby smiled and waved but said nothing. News helicopters hovered overhead. Satellite news vans clogged the streets, their antennas crowding the sky. One hundred and fifty people from the international media and the public jammed into the courtroom and an overflow room to watch a lurid spectacle whose background story...
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