The classification means Bill Cosby must undergo a lifetime counseling and report quarterly to authorities. His name will appear on a sex-offender registry sent to neighbors, schools and victims.<\/b>
\nNORRISTOWN, Pa. \u2014 He\u2019s gone from \u201cThe Cosby Show\u201d to \u201cPredator.\u201d
Bill Cosby, the comedian once revered as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Dad,\u201d has been deemed a \u201csexually violent predator\u201d by the judge who will sentence him today to up to 10 years in prison.
The decision comes after a defense expert tried to convince the jurist that the 81-year-old, who claims to be legally blind, was not a danger to the community. Dr. Kristen Dudley, a member of the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, previously designated Cosby as a \u201cpredator.\u201d
\u201cI find the Commonwealth has a clear and convincing standard,\u201d Montgomery County Judge Steven O\u2019Neill said in court. Cosby showed no reaction \u2014 as one of his accusers, Chelan Lasha, pumped her fist in the air in the audience.
The designation means the fallen funnyman will spend the rest of his life in periodic counseling and treatment, in addition to having to register for life with the state police. The public will also be notified of his address, offenses and photo wherever he goes.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele posed a series of standard questions to Cosby about whether he understood the implications of the serious label.
\u201cYou understand that you will be required to register with the Pennsylvania state police for the remainder of your lifetime?\u201d he asked
\u201cYes,\u201d Cosby responded, after asking him to speak up.
On Monday, Dudley testified that given Cosby\u2019s 30-year penchant for \u201cnon-consenting women,\u201d she was unable to say whether he was done preying on women .
\u201cIt is possible he has already met someone who could be a future victim,\u201d she said.
Steele continued, \u201cDo you understand that if you fail to comply with the lifetime registration requirement, it will be a felony in the first degree or a felony in the second degree?\u201d
\u201cYes,\u201d Cosby answered.
The actor will learn later Tuesday whether he\u2019ll be sent to the slammer for the 2004 sexual assault of Andrea Constand. He\u2019s been accused by some 60 women of drugging and molesting them.
He faces up to 10 years behind bars.<\/p>\n

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