They are the women whose voices we rarely hear, whose faces we are not allowed to print in the newspaper. A rape trial ends in an acquittal. The accused gives a defiant statement on the court steps. But from the woman whose allegations began the judicial process we hear nothing. Regardless of the ...
Controversial demands are expected to emerge from both sides as Larry Nassar's accusers and Michigan State University renew efforts Wednesday to settle hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits through mediation. They could include a request from accusers that the entire MSU Board of Trustees resign, ...
The court heard closing arguments Tuesday in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial. He faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault. The defense team had harsh words for the accuser, calling Andrea Constand a "pathological liar." CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN to discuss how ...
The woman watched as a prosecutor and a defense attorney played surveillance video over and over again from the night she said she was raped by a stranger in the St. Roch neighborhood. “It's working on my nerves. I'm ready to go,” she said. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. During a short break ...
... >> Bill Cosby arrived for court Tuesday accompanied for the first time during the trial with his wife of 50 years, Camille Cosby. It was a day of final arguments for both sides. Cosby's lawyers attacked the credibility of accuser Andrea Constand, calling her a quote, pathological liar. He's accused of ...
“Questioning an accuser is not shaming a victim. Gut feelings are not rational decisions. Mob rule is not due process,” Bliss said. “When you join a movement based primarily on emotion and anger, you don't change a damn thing.” The defense urged jurors to reject Constand's account of being drugged ...
Two accusers who filed workplace harassment complaints at Colorado's Capitol against Sen. Randy Baumgardner are now releasing the full investigative findings to the public. The investigations from Alternative Dispute Resolution Inc. found allegations that Baumgardner, a Republican from Hot ...
Two accusers who filed workplace harassment complaints at Colorado's Capitol against Sen. Randy Baumgardner are now releasing the full investigative findings to the public. The investigations from Alternative Dispute Resolution Inc. found allegations that Baumgardner, a Republican from Hot ...
Highlights from the long and final day of this retrial included a blistering attack against all of Cosby's accusers by lead defense attorney Tom Mesereau. He asked the jury to reject the case, which he called “flimsy, silly, ridiculous” because Andrea Constand, the woman at the center of the retrial who has ...
April 24 (UPI) -- Lawyers representing Bill Cosby called the actor's accuser a "pathological liar" while prosecutors said he used his image as "America's dad" to prey on women during closing arguments Tuesday. Kathleen Bliss urged the jury of seven men and five women to acquit Cosby in "one of the ...
