25/07/1997 Autumn Jackson is found guilty of extortion
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COSBY SCANDAL 1997 NEWS STORY
The then-22-year-old Jackson was sentenced to 26 months in jail for trying to extort US$40 million from Cosby by claiming she was Cosby's daughter. In the trial and subsequent appeal, the courts held that Jackson's belief that she was Cosby's child—even if sincere—was irrelevant to the question of her guilt.