1. “Women were finally believed.”

That was one reaction outside the Pennsylvania court after Bill Cosby was found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. The verdict marks the bottom of a fall as precipitous as any in show business history.

The victim, Andrea Constand, above, was a Temple University employee Mr. Cosby had mentored. She took the stand as something of a proxy for more than 50 other women who have accused Mr. Cosby of abuse. None of the other accusations have resulted in prosecution.

It took the jury two days to decide to convict Mr. Cosby, 80, of three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. He could face up to 30 years in prison.