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Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, June 5, 2017 in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, June 5, 2017 in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Lawyer Fortunato N. Perri, Jr., left, waits for Andrew Wyatt, second from left, to guide Bill Cosby back to the courtroom after lunch during Cosby's sexual assault trial inside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)

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Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, leads Bill Cosby, left, along a hallway during a break from his sexual assault trial inside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)

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Bill Cosby leaves the courtroom during a break at his sexual assault trial inside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)

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Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval talks to reporters before signing a series of budget bills while flanked by legislative leaders Monday, June 5, 2017, in the Old Assembly Chambers at the state Capitol in Carson City, Nev. From left, Assembly Minority Leader Paul Anderson, R-Las Vegas; Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, D-Las Vegas; and Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

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Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval listens to a reporter's question after signing a series of budget bills Monday, June 5, 2017, in the Old Assembly Chambers at the state Capitol in Carson City, Nev. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

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Bill Cosby. (Associated Press)

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Former mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Koppenhaver is ordered to serve 36 years to life behind bars after being convicted of more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Former mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, led out of the courtroom at the Regional Justice Center on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Koppenhaver is ordered to serve 36 years to life behind bars after being convicted of more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Former mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, enters the courtroom at the Regional Justice Center on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Koppenhaver is ordered to serve 36 years to life behind bars after being convicted of more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Christine Mackinday, right, ex-girlfriend of former mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, comforted by prosecutor Jacqueline Bluth after delivering her victim-impact statement at the Regional Justice Center on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Koppenhaver is ordered to serve 36 years to life behind bars after being convicted of more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping of Mackinday. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Former mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, addresses the court before his sentencing at the Regional Justice Center on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Koppenhaver is ordered to serve 36 years to life behind bars after being convicted of more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, background, listens to Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, speak on budget bills at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, June 5, 2017. The Legislature is in the midst of a special session called by the governor that will focus on state appropriations and practices to maintain a balanced budget and healthy finances. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, asks how the new proposed appropriations bills take care of budget needs outlined in the Legislative Budget Report, Monday, June 5, 2017, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The Legislature is in the midst of a special session called by the governor that will focus on state appropriations and practices to maintain a balanced budget and healthy finances. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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This undated photo provided by Clark County Detention Center shows Las Vegas police officer Kenneth Lopera. Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Lopera was suspended without pay and arrested Monday, June 5, 2017, on felony involuntary manslaughter and oppression under color of office charges in the May 14, 2017, in-custody death of Tashii S. Brown, 40, of Las Vegas. Brown also used the name Tashii Farmer. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)

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Arizona state Rep. Reginald Bolding Jr. calls on Gov. Doug Ducey to remove six confederate monuments in Arizona during a news conference by the NAACP and Black Lives Matter in Phoenix on Monday, June 5, 2017. Black leaders in Arizona are pushing Ducey to remove the monuments on public land that they say are offensive and glorify the country's racist past. The push comes as communities along the South wrestle with whether to keep longstanding symbols of the Confederacy. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

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Roy Tatem, president of the East Valley NAACP, calls on Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to remove six confederate monuments in Arizona during a news conference by the NAACP and Black Lives Matter in Phoenix on Monday, June 5, 2017. Black leaders in Arizona are pushing Ducey to remove the monuments on public land that they say are offensive and glorify the country's racist past. The push comes as communities along the South wrestle with whether to keep longstanding symbols of the Confederacy. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

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A monument to Arizona Confederate soldiers stands amid other memorials at Wesley Bonin Memorial Plaza on the grounds of the Capitol complex in Phoenix Monday, June 5, 2017, presented by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1961. Black leaders in Arizona are pushing Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to remove the monuments on public land that they say are offensive and glorify the country's racist past. The push comes as communities along the South wrestle with whether to keep longstanding symbols of the Confederacy. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)