While the judge will instruct the jury about the legal purpose of the “prior bad acts” witnesses, the jurors themselves will determine how — or whether — the other accusers' testimony factors into their deliberations. After the deadlock in June, some jurors in that case said Johnson's testimony played little ...
In Cosby's first trial last year, just one accuser, Kelley Johnson, was allowed to testify. The prosecution must identify the witnesses it intends to call by Monday. Last week, Montgomery County prosecutor Kevin Steele and his team of attorneys argued that 19 Cosby accusers should be allowed to testify, ...
Only one was permitted to testify in addition to Andrea Constand, the central accuser in the case, at Cosby's trial in June. That case — the only criminal charges against the entertainer despite allegations from dozens of women — ended in a mistrial. Thursday's ruling by Judge Steven T. O'Neill could ...
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ruled that five other women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault over the years could testify at his retrial on charges of drugging and assaulting a former friend, giving prosecutors an early win. Montgomery County ...
A Pennsylvania judge says five other women who accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault can testify at his retrial on charges of drugging and assaulting a former friend. The prosecution was limited to calling one other accuser in the first trial in the Philadelphia suburb of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Thet trial ...
A Pennsylvania judge handed a major victory Thursday to prosecutors in the Bill Cosby sex-assault case, ruling that five previous accusers can be called as witnesses in an effort to establish a pattern of the star's alleged predatory behavior. The unusual decision by Judge Steven T. O'Neill did not ...
The actress, who earned a guest actress Emmy nomination for her turn as Gloria Trillo on The Sopranos and appeared on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, has joined the second season of Marvel's Luke Cage, Marvel TV announced Thursday. “Sciorra will play Rosalie Carbone, a dangerous downtown ...
Five additional accusers will be allowed to testify against Bill Cosby when his criminal retrial begins next month, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday. The ruling is a victory for prosecutors who are seeking to convict the former entertainer of sexual assault. A previous trial ended in a hung jury last ...
A judge ruled Thursday that five additional women can testify at Bill Cosby's upcoming trial in Pennsylvania on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2004, marking the first time in the #MeToo era that a celebrity will face multiple accusers in a courtroom. The three counts of aggravated indecent ...
A judge agreed Thursday to let five additional Bill Cosby accusers testify at his April 2 sexual assault retrial, giving prosecutors a chance to portray the man once known as “America's Dad” as a serial predator who made a sadistic habit of drugging and molesting women. Judge Steven O'Neill said ...
