It won't be just Andrea Constand on the stand next month accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault. The judge presiding over Cosby's retrial ruled that up to five other accusers of the former "America's Dad" will get to tell a jury he drugged and/or raped them, too. The ruling Thursday by Judge Steven O'Neill ...
Dealing a major blow to Bill Cosby, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday that five more accusers can testify against the entertainer when he is retried on charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand. Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, downplayed the impact of the decision. "It shows how ...
(Matt Slocum / Associated Press). A judge has agreed to let five additional accusers of Bill Cosby testify at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. ... O'Neill limited prosecutors at Cosby's first trial last year to calling only the 2004 accuser and a woman who alleged a 1990s assault. That trial ended in a hung jury.
The prosecution was limited to calling one other accuser in the first trial in the Philadelphia suburb of Norristown, Pennsylvania. It ended in June with a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict following six days of deliberations. Constand, a former administrator of the women's basketball ...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. -- A judge has agreed to let five additional accusers of Bill Cosby testify at his sexual assault retrial, scheduled to begin next month. Judge Steven O'Neill's ruling Thursday is a victory for prosecutors looking to portray the 80-year-old Cosby as one of Hollywood's biggest ...
“The impact on a jury of having just one other accuser is far less dramatic than having five other accusers tell a similar story.” Cosby stands accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, whom he met through Temple University's basketball program, in his Cheltenham home in 2004.
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Five women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them will be allowed to testify at his upcoming retrial on charges of sexually assaulting a former friend, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday, in a victory for prosecutors. The decision by ...
The decision means that five more accusers, who have said Mr. Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them, will be able to tell their accounts alongside the woman whose allegations are at the center of the case, Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee who says Mr. Cosby drugged and ...
A judge has agreed to let five additional accusers of Bill Cosby testify at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. Judge Steven O'Neill's ruling ... O'Neill limited prosecutors at Cosby's first trial last year to calling just the 2004 accuser and a woman who alleged a 1990s assault. That trial ended in a hung jury.
More of Bill Cosby's sexual assault accusers will be permitted to testify against him next month, according to a new report. Judge Steve O'Neill determined Thursday that five women will be allowed to take the witness stand and share their allegations against the scandal-plagued comedian with the jury, ...
