>>> THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL
REPORT.
HERES LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
WERE COMING ON THE AIR WITH
BREAKING NEWS WITH THE JURY IN
THE BILL COSBYS SEXUAL ASSAULT
HAS REACHED A VERDICT.
STEPHANIE GOSK HAS BEEN COVERING
THE TRIAL.
THERE ARE THREE COUNTS HERE. WHAT DO WE KNOW.COUNTS HERE.
WHAT DO WE KNOW. >> Reporter: LESTER, BILL COSBY
HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATEDLL
THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT.
INDECENT ASSAULT. EACH ONE OF THESE COUNTS HAVE UP
TO A TEN-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
ILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
COUNT ONE, STRAIGHT SEXUAL ASSAULT.E, STRAIGHT SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
SECOND TWO, SEXUAL ASSAULT WHILE
CONSTAND WAS UNCONSCIOUS. AGAIN THAT VERDICT GUILTY ON ALL
THREE COUNTS.
THREE COUNTS.
>> STEPHANIE THE JURY HAD REQUESTED A READBACK OF SOME KEY
TESTIMONY YESTERDAY, ANY OF IT
POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF
GUILT.
GUILT.
>> Reporter: IT WAS TOUGH TO
KNOW FOR SURE, LESTER.
THEY ASKED FOR THE COMPLETE TESTIMONY OF MARGARET JACKSON,
SHE CAME FORWARD AND THAT
CONSTAND TOLD HER IN 2014 AFTER
THE ALLEGED INCIDENT THAT SHE
GET SOME MONEY OUT OF A
HOLLYWOOD STAR IF SHE HAD TOLD A
STORY ABOUT SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
THEY WANTED TO LISTEN TO HER
TESTIMONY AGAIN AND SEE IF IT
WAS BELIEVABLE.
WAS BELIEVABLE. THE SECOND THING THEY ASKED FOR
AND THIS IS KEY A PIECE OF BILL
COSBYS DEPOSITION FROM 2005 AND
2006.
2006. WHERE HE TOLD BOTH ATTORNEYS FOR
BOTH SIDES THAT HE HAD BOUGHT
QUAALUDES IN THE 70s WITH THE
PURPOSE OF GIVING THEM TO YOUNG
WOMEN WITH THE PURPOSE OF HAVING
SEX.
SEX.
BOTH OF THESE KEY PIECES OF THE TRIAL BEING RE-READ TO THE JURY
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
>> STEPHANIE, SEVEN MEN, FIVE
WOMEN JURY MEMBERS DELIBERATED
ABOUT 14 HOURS, THEY GOT THE
CASE A LITTLE OVER 4 HOURS AGO.
AND AGAIN, DELIVERING A GUILTY
VERNT.
VERNT.
WE WANT TO GO NBCS KATE SNOW WHO HAS BEEN WORKING THE COSBY
STORY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND
FAMOUSLY SAT DOWN WITH A NUMBER
OF ACCUSERS.
OF ACCUSERS. >> Reporter: IM REACHING OUT TO
ALL OF THOSE WE TALKED TO, SO
FAR, I SPOKE WITH ONE A FEW
MINUTES AGO WHO SAID SHE WAS
ANXIOUS AND NERVOUS AND FEELING
LIKE SHE WANTED TO THROW UP.
THEY WERE INCREDIBLY WORRIED.
A NUMBER OF WOMEN WORRIED,
ACCUSERS OF COSBYS THAT HE
WOULD GIVEBEFOUND NOT GUILT.
IT STARTED OUT TO COME OUT
PUBLICLY IN 2014, BY THE SUMMER
OF 2015 MORE THAN 50 WOMEN
INDIVIDUALS ACCUSING OF BILL
COSBY OF VARIOUS FORMS OF CRIME.
THIS WILL BE A VERY, VERY BIG
VICTORY FOR THOSE WOMEN WHO HAVE
BEEN CALLING FOR WHAT THEY CALL
AS JUSTICE.
AS JUSTICE. >> THIS IS THE ONLY CONSTAND
CASE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WENT
TO CRIMINAL TRIAL.
WHAT WAS THE MATTER OF THE
OTHERS, STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
FROM MAKING A CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT.
COMPLAINT.
>> Reporter: YES, MANY OF THEM ARE DECADES OLD., MANY OF THEM
ARE DECADES OLD. MOST OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
CRIMINALLY.
CRIMINALLY.
BUT I SHOULD SAY THERE ARE ABOUT NINE CIVIL CASES, AROUND EL NINE
CIVIL CASES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE
STILL PROCEEDING THROUGH THE
COURTS AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS
CRIMINAL CONVICTION WILL HAVE A
LOT OF IMPACT ON THOSE CIVIL
CASES AS WELL.
>> KATE, STAND BY. WE BELIEVE ALL THE PLAYERS IN
THIS TRIAL ARE STILL IN THE
COURTROOM.
COURTROOM.
NO CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM. WE OF COURSE GOT WORD THROUGH A
MESSAGES TO THE REST OF OUR
STAFF HERE ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING.
WE DONT KNOW EXACTLY WHATS STILL TRANSPIRING IN THATS
STILL TRANSPIRING IN THAT COURTROOM.
COURTROOM. THE DISPOSITION OF THE
SENTENCING.
SENTENCING.
STEPHANIE, DO WE KNOW WHAT WILL
HAPPEN, WILL COSBY BE TAKEN INTO KUSLY IMMEDIATELY. BE TAKEN INTO
KUSLY IMMEDIATELY. >> ITS UP TO DISCUSSION.
THE PROSECUTION WILL BE ASKED
THAT HIS BAIL BE REVOKED.
OTHERWISE HELL BE OUT ON BAIL
UNTIL HIS SENTENCING.
THAT SENTENCING UP TO 30 YEARS.
IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE,
LESTER, MUCH OF THIS TRIAL WAS
SAME AS THE LAST ONE THE SAME
JUDGE, THE SAME COURTHOUSE, THE
SAME CHARGES, THERE WERE SOME
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES OVER THE
COURSE OF THE TRIAL WHEN IT
COMES TO THE WITNESSES.
ONE OF THOSE BIG DIFFERENCES, IN THIS GO-AROUND, FIVE WITNESSESIN
THIS GO-AROUND, FIVE WITNESSES ALLEGED VICTIMS CAME FORWARD AND
GAVE THEIR TESTIMONY AND THEY
WERE CONSIDERED PRIOR BAD ACT
WITNESSES TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN
OF BEHAVIOR.
OF BEHAVIOR. THOSE FIVE WOMEN TOLD THEIR
STORIES TO THE JURY LAST TRIAL.
IT WAS JUST ONE WOMAN WHO DID
THAT.
THAT.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHEN THE
COMPOUNDED OF THEIR STORIES HAD
SOME EFFECT ON THIS JURY.
>> AND ALSO, STEPHANIE, IN THIS
PARTICULAR TRIAL, MR. MESEREAU THE LEAD ATTORNEY, THE LEADEAU
THE LEAD ATTORNEY, THE LEAD DEFENSE ATTORNEY WENT AFTER
CONSTAND VERY, VERY HARD.
THAT WAS A BIT OF A RISKY LEGAL
STRATEGY, WASNT IT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT WAS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK
ABOUT THE CONTEXT WERE IN RIGHT
NOW WITH THE ME TOO MOVEMENT AND
ALL OF THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE
THE FIRST TRIAL.
LOT OF SENSITIVITY AROUND
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
THE STORIES OF THOSE FIVE WOMEN,
THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER THAT TOO
AFFECTED THE POSITIONS OF THESE
JURORS.
JURORS.
>>> KATE, BACK TO YOU, FIVE
OTHER ACCUSERS WHO TESTIFIED IN THIS CASE, THEIR STORIES HAVEIN
THIS CASE, THEIR STORIES HAVE BECOME WIDELY KNOWN NOW, I KNOW
ITS HARD TO KNOW HOW IMPACTFUL
THAT WAS.
THAT WAS. IT WAS SIGNIFICANT AND A BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS TRIAL
AND THE PREVIOUS ONE.
>> YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE IT MAY
HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT FOR THESE
JURORS TO HEAR A PATTERN OF
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR.
LESTER, JUST NOW, IM GETTING A STATEMENT FROM ONE OF THOSEG A
STATEMENT FROM ONE OF THOSE WOMEN WHO TESTIFIED IN THIS
TRIAL AND SHE SAID IM
OVERWHELMED WITH JOY, RELIEF AND
GRATITUDE.
GRATITUDE. RELIEF THAT THE YEARS OF THIS
TOXIC CHAIN OF SILENCE HAS BEEN
BROKEN AND WE CAN NOW MOVE
FORWARD WITH OUR HEADS HELD HIGH
AS SURVIVORS AND NOT VICTIMS.
THATS A STATEMENT IN PART FROM
JANICE BAKER KINNY WHO
TESTIFIED.
TESTIFIED.
NO DOUBT THAT HAD SOME IMPACT ON
THIS JURY.
BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
TRIAL AND THE LAST GO-ROUND. >> WERE STILL WAITING FOR THE
PARTICIPANTS, PERHAPS MAKE
COMMENTS ON THE WAY OUT.
LETS GO BACK TO STEPHANIE GOSK
WHOS GETTING A BIT OF WHATS
HAPPENING INSIDE.
HAPPENING INSIDE.
>> Reporter: LESTER, WERE
HEARING RIGHT NOW SOME OF THE
COSBYS ACCUSERS WHO ATTENDED
EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THIS TRIAL THEY LET OUT WITH LOUD SOBS WHEN
THEY HEARD THE VERDICT.
THE JUDGE HAD TO YELL ORDER IN
THE COURT.
THE COURT. SOME OF THESE WOMEN WERE
REMOVED.
REMOVED.
ANDREA CONSTAND REPORTEDLY JUST
LOOKED FORWARD AND NO REAL REACTION ON HER FACE. REAL
REACTION ON HER FACE. >> YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT A
MONITOR BEFORE WE WENT UP ON THE
AIR WE COULD SEE WOMEN HUGGING
EACH OTHER, CLEARLY A LOT OF
EMOTION SPILLING OUT THAT
COURTHOUSE.
COURTHOUSE.
STEPHANIE, AS WE SAID, THE ISSUE WHETHER HES REPRIMANDED IS ASSUE
WHETHER HES REPRIMANDED IS A SUBJECT FOR THE JUDGE TO RULE
ON.
ON.
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SENTENCES.
>> Reporter: UP TO TEN YEARS FOR
EACH OF THESE COUNTS. COULD RESULT UP TO 30 YEARS FOR
A SENTENCE.
A SENTENCE. AS YOU KNOW, BILL COSBYS IN HIS
80, HES NOT IN POOR HEALTH.
SO
SO
THATS UP TO DISPUTE. FOR PEOPLE WATCHING HIM GO IN
AND OUT OF THIS COURT THIS YEAR
AND CERTAINLY LAST YEAR, HE HES
NOT IN THE GREATEST OF HEALTH.
30 YEARS COULD END UP BEING A
DEATH SENTENCE FOR BILL COSBY.
THIS IS MAN WHO BURST ON THE
SCENE AS A COMEDIAN.
THE CREATOR OF THE "FAT ALBERT"
CARTOON.
CARTOON.
HE WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE BELOVED TV CHARACTERS IN
OUR HISTORY, BECOMING DR. CLIFF
HUX
HUX
HUXTABLE, TO SEE HIM HERE, END HIS LIFE IN PRISON IS ANE, END
HIS LIFE IN PRISON IS AN INCREDIBLE
INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE FALL FROM GRACE.
>> DO WE HIS WIFE IS ATTENDING
COURT TODAY, THERE FOR THE
VERDICT?
VERDICT?
>> Reporter: SHE WAS NOT THERE
AND SHE HASNT BEEN THERE FOR THE DELIBERATIONS. THERE FOR
THE DELIBERATIONS. .
.
SHE WAS THERE FOR THE CLOSING
STATEMENTS, APPEARING JUST ONCE
WHICH HER APPEARANCE IN THE LAST TRIAL SHE APPEARED JUST ONCE.AST
TRIAL SHE APPEARED JUST ONCE. SHE HAS BEEN HIS SIDE THIS WHOLE
TIME.
TIME.
HES DENIED ALL OF THESE CHARGES
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
ALL CAMILLE, WHO
CAME OUT WITH A STATEMENT AFTER THE FIRST ONE CALLING ITT AFTER
THE FIRST ONE CALLING IT BASICALLY A WITCH HUNT AND A
VIOLATION OF HER HUSBANDS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN A VERY
DIFFERENT PLACE TODAY, LESTER.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF EMOTION ON THIS
TRIAL FROM VARIOUS LEVELS.
YOUVE SEEN, I SUPPOSE, SOME OF
IT PLAY OUT ON THE COURT STEPS
THERE OF COSBY DEFENDERS VERSUS
THOSE WHO BELIEVE HE WAS GUILTY.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT
IT HAS BEEN LIKE OUTSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE?
COURTHOUSE?
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DRAMA.RE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
DRAMA.
YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME OUT HERE WHEN HE WALKS OUT OF THEOUT
HERE WHEN HE WALKS OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
YELLING, FREE COSBY, AND HEY,
HEY, HEY, AND CLEARLY SUPPORTERS
OF HIM.
OF HIM. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHOVSH PRO HAVE BEEN PROT
A LOT OF THEM INSPIRED BY THE
ME TOO MOVEMENT, WOMEN WHO CAME
FORWARD IN 2014, WHEN THEIR
ALLEGATIONS WERE WELL BEYOND THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATION.
ITS HARD TO CONVEY HOW MUCH
EMOTION THESE WOMEN SHOWED IN
THIS VERDICT.
THIS VERDICT.
FOR THEM, IT WAS RIDING ON ALL OF THIS., IT WAS RIDING ON ALL
OF THIS. FOR THEM ITS QUITE A DAY OF
REDEMPTION.
REDEMPTION.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO KATE SNOW AGAIN.O GO BACK TO KATE
SNOW AGAIN. KATE, YOU HAVE TALKED TO A
NUMBER OF THE ACCUSERS WHO WERE
UNABLE TO PURSUE CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
CHARGES.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
IS IT SIMPLY A VALIDATION IN
THIS VERDICT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, I THINK REDEMPTION, AS STEPHANIE JUST
SAID, BUT I WILL POINT OUT A
NUMBER OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE
MADE THESE ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING IN STATE LEGISLATURES
TO CHANGE THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS ON RAPE AND OTHER
SEXUAL CRIMES.
SEXUAL CRIMES.
THEYVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A COUPLE OF PLACES.SSFUL IN A
COUPLE OF PLACES. IN CALIFORNIA THERE IS NO
LONGER -- IM SORRY FOR MY PHONE
RINGING -- IN CALIFORNIA THERE
IS NO LONGER ANY STATUTE FOR
RAPE.
RAPE.
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN COLORADO AS WELL, LESTER, AND THEYREORADO
AS WELL, LESTER, AND THEYRE TRYING TO FIGHT IN OTHER STATES
NOW.
NOW.
I ASSUME THIS WILL GIVE THEM NEW MOMENTUM AND PERHAPS A RALLYINGW
MOMENTUM AND PERHAPS A RALLYING CRY TO CONTINUE THOSE FIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU, KATE.
OBVIOUSLY A BIG DAY.
BILL COSBY WHO WAS KNOWN FOR SO
LONG AS AMERICAS DAD FROM HIS
ROLE ON "THE COSBY SHOW" FOUND
GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS RELATED
TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
ANDREA CONSTAND IN A
PENNSYLVANIA COURT.
PENNSYLVANIA COURT. WE WOULD EXPECT THE PLAYERS IN
THIS TRIAL, AT LEAST THE DEFENSE
AND PROSECUTORS, TO SPEAK AT
SOME POINT.
SOME POINT.
WERE GOING TO GO OFF RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS CONTINUING COVERAGE ON