Bill Cosby trial judge delivers 2 big victories to defense

Judge Steven O'Neill said the defense can call a witness who says Cosby's accuser talked about framing a celebrity before she lodged sexual abuse allegations against Cosby in 2005. The judge also helped the defense case by ruling that jurors can hear how much Cosby ultimately paid the accuser, ...

Bill Cosby’s team scores major win ahead of retrial

Bill Cosby scored two huge wins Tuesday in his sexual assault retrial, victories that will help his defense team try to discredit his sexual assault accuser as a greedy liar. Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill ruled that the defense can call a witness, Marguerite Jackson, who will testify that accuser ...

Cosby can call witness to undermine sex assault accuser, judge rules

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 3 (Reuters) - Defense lawyers at Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges can call a witness they say will undermine his accuser's credibility, a Pennsylvania judge said on Tuesday, reversing his ruling on that witness in the first trial that ended with a hung jury. The ruling to ...

Bill Cosby trial judge delivers two big victories to defense

Judge Steven O'Neill also helped the defense case by ruling that jurors can hear how much Cosby paid accuser Andrea Constand in a 2006 civil settlement. O'Neill ruled that Marguerite Jackson can take the witness stand after he blocked her from testifying at the first trial -- which ended in a hung jury ...

Magaya ‘accuser‘ nails PG

HARARE - The star witness in the rape trial of televangelist Walter Magaya has questioned Prosecutor-General Ray Goba's fitness for office after allegedly pushing her to commit perjury by forcing her to testify against the preacher. Petronella Donhodzo Mandaza, who last year claimed she had been ...