Andrea Constand

Anne Kingston: The first #MeToo trial delivers a powerful message — and reveals the unseen toll of sexual assault

Anne Kingston: The trial showed once again that one woman’s word is never enough. But shattering the facade of a man like Cosby is a momentous win

While the entertainer mingles with fans, his high-powered legal team is already painting his Canadian accuser as greedy and unreliable

Cosby’s handlers are spreading the bogus idea that women regularly level false accusations. But save your outrage, advises Anne Kingston, because the whole thing is a smokescreen.

From Roots to Canadian drug laws, references to this country reminded onlookers that the complainant was not American. Did Andrea Constand’s nationality insulate her from the forces that kept other accusers silent?

The finer details of the ‘biggest sexual assault trial in history’ shine a hopeful light on the future of similar cases

Celebrity figured large in Bill Cosby’s trial. Did it factor into the verdict, too?

Bill Cosby’s deadlocked jurors are surely getting on each others’ nerves. But the tension outside the jury room might just be worse.

Former Cosby Show actor Lili Bernard is disgusted with the defence’s attacks on Andrea Constand, but believes the accused has been ‘disempowered’

Only the jurors know, of course. But testimony over the past few days has raised potential points of contention, and more than a few unanswered questions.

Cosby’s remarks about consent were preoccupying the panel, and so were discrepancies in the prosecution’s evidence. As the parties waited anxiously, there was no sign of a verdict.

In his 1989 book, girls and women were alien objects who needed to be tricked or coerced into sex. Statements produced at his trial suggest that, years later, little had changed.