HARRISBURG, Pa. (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. Actor and comedian ...
Judge Will Let Jury Hear How Much Cosby Paid Rape Accuser. Prosecutors will admit evidence that the comedian paid off Andrea Constand. The defense, however, will present a woman who says Constand told her she was out to get Cosby. Nicole Weisensee Egan ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As Bill Cosby gears up to head to court once again next week, a Pennsylvania judge ruled that a former Temple University employee, who claimed the comedian's accuser told her she would fabricate sexual assault claims, will be able to testify. A judge ruled on Tuesday that an ex-Temple University ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge boost Tuesday, ruling his lawyers can call a witness who says the accuser talked about framing a celebrity before she went to police in 2005 with allegations about the comedian. Judge Steven O'Neill ...
The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial delivered two major victories to the comedian's legal defense on Tuesday, allowing a woman who says his accuser was out for money to testify and for the jury to hear the amount of the settlement she received. Judge Steven O'Neill said that Marguerite ...
The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial has delivered two major victories to the comedian's legal defense on Tuesday, the second day of jury selection in his retrial on sexual-assault charges. Judge Steven O'Neill ruled Tuesday that a woman who says his accuser was out for money can testify.
NORRISTOWN >> A Montgomery County judge said Bill Cosby can present testimony at his sexual assault retrial that his accuser allegedly once told ... “a friend and colleague” of Cosby accuser Andrea Constand, can testify about the alleged discussion when the actor's retrial gets underway next week.
