In Pennsylvania, the Montgomery County district attorney's office charged Bill Cosby, 78, with alleged aggravated indecent assault of lesbian Andrea Constand.
Cosby's attorneys said in a statement that the charge was "filed 12 years after the alleged incident and coming on the heels of a hotly contested election for this county's DA during which this case was made the focal point," ABC News noted.
In 2005, former Temple University employee Constand claimed that after she and Cosby became friends, he invited her to his home in Pennsylvania, where he made multiple sexual advances over time. Once, he allegedly gave her pills and wine that supposedly immobilized her.
Constand, who sued Cosby for sexual assault but settled with the comedian the following year, filed subsequen papers blasting Cosby's "narcissistic view of the world," according to TheWrap. The papers say despite the comedian's claims that he could read women, he didn't realize that Constand is a lesbian.
Cosby has been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct; many of them came forward in the past year. Recently, he countersued several of the women, alleging defamation.
After court, Cosby headed to the Cheltenham Police Department, where his mugshot was taken and he was processed. If convicted, he could get up to 10 years in jail and a $25,000 fine.
Constand now works as a registered massage therapist in Toronto, Canada, according to Advocate.com .