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Cosby’s Spectacular Downfall
Actor could face
final years in prison
(AP) — Bill Cosby was convicted
Thursday of drugging and molesting a
woman, a spectacular late-life downfall
of a comedian who broke racial barriers in
Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom
as America’s Dad.
Cosby, 80, could end up spending his fi-
nal years in prison after the jury in Norris-
town, Pa. concluded he sexually violated
Temple University employee Andrea Con-
stand at his suburban Philadelphia home in
2004. He claimed the encounter was con-
sensual.
Cosby listened to the verdict stoically,
but moments later lashed out loudly at Dis-
trict Attorney Kevin Steele after the pros-
ecutor asked that Cosby be immediately
The
Week
in
Review
District Settles Harassment Suit
The Portland School Board voted last week
to settle a racial harassment case leveled by
two black maintenance workers for $1.4
million after attempts to overturn the award
failed. The employees, Charles Morgan
and Jason Williams, will each get $400,000
as payment for an incident in which other
workers called them the n-word and a hung
a noose in their workplace.
Police Cars Doused with Paint
Early Tuesday morning, 22 Portland Police
cars had paint dumped on them in a park-
ing lot at the North Precinct on Northeast
Emerson Street. Authorities hope soap and
water will clean the cars, the majority of
which were assigned to youth services di-
vision and not significantly damaged.
Guilty of Child Pornography
A former city employee who police say en-
ticed girls who were underage to send him
nude pictures pleaded guilty last week to
child pornography charges. Thomas Zachary
Rouse, 44, the former tennis program director
for Portland Parks and Recreation, is expected
to be sentenced to four years in prison.
PSU Tuition Increase
A tuition spike of nearly 4 percent for full-
time residential undergraduates of Portland
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Bill Cosby arrives at the courthouse
prior to being found guilty of sexual
assault. (AP photo)
jailed because he might flee. The judge de-
cided Cosby can remain free on bail while
he awaits sentencing.
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State University was approved by the col-
lege’s board of trustees last week. A larger
increase of five percent had been scheduled
for a vote by the board on April 12, but was
postponed after students threatened to strike.
Korean Leaders Meet for Peace
North and South
Korean leaders
met Friday to
pursue
negoti-
ations with the
United States to
officially end the
Korean War and remove all nuclear weap-
ons from the Korean Peninsula. The histor-
ic summit marked the first time a leader of
North Korea entered the South and is the first
step in a peace treaty the two leaders vow to
negotiate to replace a 60-year-old truce.
Shot Investigating Break In
A man confronting someone trying to break
into a shed early Monday morning behind
the El Burrio Loco restaurant on Northeast
82nd Avenue was shot by the suspect who
then fled, according to police. The victim
was taken to a Portland hospital in serious
condition.
Sentenced for Killing Bicyclist
A 76-year-old man from Gresham who
police said challenged other motorists to a
race and then drove his speeding vehicle
into a 21-year-old bicyclist, killing Robert
Esparza, 21, was handed a two year prison
term Monday. The driver, Alex Jacoby was
travelling at 80 miles per hour just prior to
the fatal crash, police said.
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