Bill Cosby was back in court Monday in Pennsylvania for a preliminary hearing to face criminal charges involved his alleged 2004 sexual assault of Andrea Constand, and on Tuesday morning the judge rendered a decision: Bill Cosby will stand trial for the alleged crime.

In her verdict, Judge Elizabeth McHugh ruled that Cosby will be tried on criminal charges of allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004; Cosby has reportedly waived a formal arraignment, which moves the process directly to trial, where he’ll face three felony second-degree aggravated indecent assault charges unless his attorneys can reach a plea bargain deal.

Outside the courthouse, reports Deadline, Cosby’s attorney, Brian McMonagle, blasted the ruling as a “travesty of justice,”; accusing the Montgomery County D.A.’s office of presenting “evidence of nothing.”; District Attorney Kevin Steele told reporters that Constand will testify at the trial if necessary.

During the hearing — which took place Monday and Tuesday — Cosby’s lawyers wasted no time going on the offensive, implying that Cosby’s sexual encounter was consensual and not forced.

“At no point in time,”; Cosby attorney Brian McMonagle asked Montgomery County Detective Bureau’s Katharine Clark, “did she ever tell Mr. Cosby “no?'”;

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Clark, however, responded by declaring that Constand was unable to say no or tell Cosby to stop his advances because of the pill-spiked drink she alleges he gave her.

“I remember Mr. Cosby positioned himself behind me,”; Constand declared in her statement, read during the hearing. “I was unable to move my body. I was pretty much frozen… I was unable to speak. I was, like, paralyzed.”;

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This, however, is completely at odds with a 2005 statement from Cosby, also read during the hearing, in which he claims he did not have any form of sexual intercourse with Constand. “Never asleep or awake,”; reads Cosby’s statement.

Cosby could face a sentence of 10 years in prison if he’s found guilty of the charges.

Following the verdict, Cosby lawyer Brian McMonagle issued the following statement, asserting that Cosby “is not guilty of any crime,”; expressing certainty the “case ultimately will be resolved in Mr. Cosby’s favour.”;
“Today, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 12 years after the alleged incident in question, the Commonwealth had an opportunity to put the complaining witness on the stand but refused. After hearing the weak, inconsistent and incredible evidence presented, it is clear why the prosecution did not allow its witness to speak and be confronted by the person she has accused. Instead, they chose to rely on an 11 year old hearsay statement from that witness, riddled with numerous corrections and inconsistencies,”; reads McMonagle’s statement.
“Through the complainant’s own written statements, admitted in court, the fact of multiple consensual sexual interactions was established. As was the fact that the complainant communicated with, returned to the home of, had dinner with and gave gifts to Mr. Cosby after the alleged assault occurred,”; the statement continues.
“Mr. Cosby is not guilty of any crime and not one single fact presented by the Commonwealth rebuts this truth.  Though the Court decided the government reached the low threshold required for today“s preliminary hearing, we have no doubt this case ultimately will be resolved in Mr. Cosby’s favour.”;