A California jury has found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972, awarding her over $19 million. The verdict is a significant development in the ongoing Cosby case.

<img alt="elderly man in white tee shirt" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/0a7b512a-6a73-4dec-ba8e-15465f5a961f,1774307587917/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C156%2C3000%2C1687%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="FILE - Bill Cosby reacts outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, June 30, 2021, after being released from prison. A woman who said Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday, ...