Brutal Daily News front-page editorial puts the Bill Cosby accusations into perspective

An editorial in the New York Daily News blasted Bill Cosby as America's

"predatory step uncle" and emphasized how many women have accused the comedian of sexual assault.

On Wednesday, Cosby was charged with aggravated indecent assault, a first-degree felony.

"More than two decades and 60 accusers after women first called Bill Cosby a rapist and sex abuser, a prosecutor will try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the crimes of which the fallen icon has long since been convicted in the court of public opinion," the editorial said.

It continued: "When he stands before judge and jury, Cosby will be presumed innocent — an enormous gift to a rich and powerful man who has spent years intimidating women into silence."

The Daily News went on to make a stark point about how many women have accused Cosby of assault, noting how prosecutor Kevin Steele might win his case against Cosby. The woman at the center of the case, former Temple University employee Andrea Constand, accused Cosby of drugging and assaulting her at his home in 2004.

"'A person in that state cannot give consent' to engaging in sex, Steele said, perhaps signaling how he intends to win the he said-she said contest about an interaction so long ago between just two people, when all the world knows that with the toll of Cosby's alleged victims standing at more like 60, the weight of the evidence is actually he said-she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said."

Cosby, 78, previously admitted under oath that he had sexual contact with the woman, as part of the lawsuit she filed.

When Constand first met Cosby, she was the director of operations for Temple's women's basketball team. They developed a friendship and Constand came to see Cosby as a mentor, according to the affidavit. He reportedly offered her career advice, introduced her to people, and invited her to events.