Norristown, Pennsylvania, US Bill Cosby accusers Caroline Heldman, Lili Bernard and Victoria Valentino react after the guilty on all counts verdict was delivered in the sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery county courthouse. In a verdict that seemed destined to stand as a major milestone in the #MeToo movement against sexual assault, the once beloved actor and comedian Bill Cosby was convicted by a Pennsylvania jury on Thursday of drugging and molesting an acquaintance in 2004.

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