Arrest warrant issued for Bill Cosby in sexual assault case

Bill Cosby will face criminal charges in the alleged 2004 sexual assault of Andrea Constand:

An arrest warrant has been issued for entertainer Bill Cosby for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple employee Andrea Constand at his Elkins Park, Pennsylvania mansion in January 2004, sources tell PEOPLE. 

Pennsylvania prosecutors are moving forward, just beating the statute of limitations deadline in January. Although Bill Cosby has contended their sexual encounter was consensual, Andrea Constand says no way—she’s gay and was in a committed relationship with a woman at the time of the assault. One of her attorneys offered a statement to People Magazine:

"Obviously we appreciate the expression of confidence in her," says Dolores Troiani of her client, Constand, 42, who is now a massage therapist in Ontario, Canada. "We'll have to see what happens. We hope justice will be done. We will cooperate fully." 

Cosby befriended the then Temple University employee, often discussing women’s basketball and inviting her to dinner parties. Two years after they first met, Cosby invited her to his home under the guise of giving her career advice and that’s when he allegedly drugged and assaulted her:

Cosby "then offered [her] three blue pills, which he told her were herbal medication, which would help her relax," the suit said. Constand took the pills with bottled water and within a short period of time, her "knees began to shake, her limbs felt immobile, she felt dizzy and weak, and she began to feel only barely conscious," the lawsuit said.