sexual assault

It took almost 60 complainants to bring Bill Cosby to trial. It was in the double digits for Jian Ghomeshi. Two for Darshan Kang to resign from caucus. Why does the number need to be more than one?

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?

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.

It’s the prosecutor’s methodical connection of dots against the defence’s incredulity, as the jury takes Cosby’s fate into its hands

On Quaaludes, Benadryl — and the heavy weight of a burden of proof.

In interviews produced at his trial, he painted himself as a seducer, a provider of relaxing drugs and a tester of women’s boundaries. But he claimed he never acted without consent.

The mother of Cosby’s Canadian accuser depicts the comedian at peak creepiness, while unleashing a wave of maternal fury at him and his lawyers