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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave her three blue pills that put her in a stupor, unable to stop his advances.

District Judge Elizabeth McHugh ruled that prosecutors had sufficient evidence to bring Cosby to trial, and she set his arraignment for July 20, at which time the TV star will enter a plea and a trial date will be set.

Cosby, 78, could get 10 years in prison if convicted.

"Mr. Cosby, good luck to you, sir," the judge said.

"Thank you," he replied.

The hearing was not the face-to-face confrontation between accuser and accused that some had anticipated: Andrea Constand, the former Temple University employee who said Cosby violated her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004, was not in the courtroom, and the judge ruled that she would not have to testify.

Instead, prosecutors had portions of her statement to police read into the record.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/bi...ocid=spartanntp

I'm no fan of Cosby, never have been, but I do question why Ms Constand was not required to testify in person. After all this report goes on to state:

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In excerpts read in court from his own statement to police in 2005, a seemingly relaxed Cosby said he and Constand had had other "petting" sessions before.

Cosby also told police the pills were over-the-counter Benadryl that he takes to help him sleep. He said he gave Constand one and a half pills and she did not ask what they were.

During Tuesday's hearing, Cosby attorney Brian McMonagle questioned why Constand continued to see the comedian and even returned to the house to meet with him after the alleged assault.

Detective Katherine Hart testified that Constand told detectives in 2005 that she went back to Cosby's home to confront him about what had happened.

Constand also told detectives she contacted Cosby after moving to Canada because she wanted tickets to one of his comedy shows. McMonagle said Constand brought a present for Cosby.

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I assume she will have to testify at the upcoming criminal trial, but something seems unfair given the case was ordered to trial based solely on her decade old statement to police.

I have heard a bit of his testimony that he gave. He is a sick man.