Bill Cosby tried and failed to have to judge recused from his second assault trial, and that same judge is now working to keep him out of jail. Judge Stephen T. O’Neill presided over Cosby’s first trial for indecent sexual assault, which ended in a hung jury, as well as his second trial. Cosby was …
Disgraced funnyman Bill Cosby, who is being retried in a bombshell rape case on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constrand, may be facing 19 other accusers if prosecutors have their way. The New York Times reports that the testimony, if allowed, would support Constand’s allegations that Cosby was complicit in a long …
Bill Cosby has reportedly hired Tom Mesereau, the attorney who successfully defended Michael Jackson in his 2005 child molestation trial. Sources told TMZ that Bill and Camille Cosby signed off on Mesereau, 67. A statement obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer revealed that Mesereau will join Kathleen Bliss and Sam Silver on the lead counsel team. Actor/Comedian Bill …
Prosecutor promises new trial: “She’s entitled to a verdict”
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial told a judge Thursday they’re deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004, but they were ordered to keep trying to reach a unanimous decision in a case that has already helped obliterate his career and nice-guy reputation. The panel …
Prosecutors have accused Bill Cosby of “victim shaming” at his sexual assault trial after his lawyers tried to introduce his alleged victim’s sexual history into evidence. According to TMZ, Cosby’s lawyers wanted the jury to hear arguments that Andrea Constand “deceived” the comedian by keeping her purported interest in women from him. The judge reportedly …
As jury selection is set to begin for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault criminal trial, lawyers on both sides are facing significant obstacles in securing 12 jurors who can decide the high-profile case without bias, and who are willing to spend an extended period away from home. As the Associated Press (AP) reports, Cosby arrived at …
