NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby's lawyer opened the defense's case in his sexual assault trial by portraying his accuser as a "con artist" bent on extorting money from the famed comedian, saying she concocted a false story to pay for her education and set up a business. "She was madly in love ...
He presented Mr. Cosby's accuser, Andrea Constand, in his opening remarks to the jury as a willful, greedy woman who ran a “pyramid scheme” and took advantage of a man who had lost a son. “You are going to be asking yourself during this trial, 'What does she want from Bill Cosby?' And you already ...
Prior to defense opening arguments in the sexual-assault retrial of comedian Bill Cosby, famed attorney Tom Mesereau was billed as a smooth courtroom professional with few peers. On Tuesday, he didn't disappoint. The man who helped Michael Jackson and “Baretta” star Robert Blake secure ...
Prior to defense opening arguments in the sexual-assault retrial of comedian Bill Cosby, famed attorney Tom Mesereau was billed as a smooth courtroom professional with few peers. On Tuesday, he didn't disappoint. The man who helped Michael Jackson and “Baretta” star Robert Blake secure ...
The second day of Bill Cosby's retrial on indecent assault charges began with sharp criticism of Cosby accuser Andrea Constand's character, with Cosby defense attorney Tom Mesereau painting the former Temple University employee as a “con artist.” On Tuesday, during the defense's opening ...
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Bill Cosby's defence lawyer told a jury on Tuesday that his accuser, Andrea Constand, was a “con artist” out to extort money from the famed comedian, saying she concocted a false story of sexual assault to pay for her education and set up a business. “She was madly in love with his fame and money.
Bill Cosby's aggressive new defense strategy took center stage Tuesday when his lawyer launched a fierce attack on accuser Andrea Constand, calling her a "con artist" who was "madly in love" with the comedian's money. In his opening statement at Cosby's second criminal trial now underway in ...
Mesereau seemingly sought to turn that believe-the-accuser zeitgeist on its head, suggesting that "the current climate in America" — an apparent reference to the #MeToo movement — could make it harder for the comedian to get a fair hearing. And he scoffed at the notion that Constand had come ...
NORRISTOWN, Penn. – Bill Cosby's lawyer lashed in to the comedian's accuser Tuesday as a “con artist” who lied about him sexually assaulting her because she was driven by “money, money, money.” In his compelling opening statements, defense lawyer Tom Mesereau painted Andrea Constand ...
