It is the first run through Mr Cosby, 78, has been accused of any offense following quite a while of allegations.
Andrea Constand says she was tranquilized then attacked at the Philadelphia home of the previous US TV star.
Many ladies have blamed him for rape, going back to the 1970s, however he has denied wrongdoing.
Not long ago he opened a claim against seven of the ladies, blaming them for maligning.
Arraignment affirmations
Single charge of exasperated obscene ambush
Occurrence happened at Cosby's home in 2004
Casualty "solidified, incapacitated, not able to move"
Charge deserving of five to 10 years in the slammer and a $25,000 fine
Cosby will be formally charged in court on Wednesday
It is the second time there has been an examination concerning Ms Constand's grumbling against the on-screen character, who won recognition for playing a family specialist and model father in The Cosby Show.
In 2005, after no charges were brought when she first made the allegation, she sued him and settled for an undisclosed total.
He has beforehand said under vow he had a consensual sexual experience with her.
Mr Cosby become a close acquaintence with Ms Constand through her employment at Temple University and she came to consider him "a tutor and a companion" before he purportedly made two lewd gestures that were rejected, said prosecutors.
Archives from her claim against the star were fixed until this mid year, while harming confirmation was uncovered as more ladies approached.
The 12-year statute of restrictions was just days from terminating, in January 2016.
Kevin Steele, lead prosecutor for Montgomery County, said they revived the Constand case after "new data became known".
The prosecutors re-met witnesses, analyzed proof from the common case and addresses other affirmed casualties before they chose to record criminal allegations, Mr Steele's office said in an announcement.
In affirmation seen by the New York Times and distributed in July, Mr Cosby conceded he did now and again give ladies a calming, Quaaludes, when he needed to have intercourse with them, yet not without their insight.
At the tallness of his distinction from The Cosby Show, the comic was the most generously compensated performer on US TV.
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