Cosby defence team lobs attacks in court of public opinion

NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defence from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of ...

Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion

(AP) — Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion.

Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyers and publicists are increasingly playing to the court of public opinion as his sexual assault retrial heads toward deliberations. They're hitting at accuser Andrea Constand's credibility and holding daily press briefings portraying Cosby as the victim of an ...

Fr. Glenn: A Minimal Level Of Class

Almost all of us tend to involuntarily mentally recoil at the notorious gossiper, the injudicious accuser and the like, instinctively repelled at undiscerning mentality, which would condemn another without due consideration of the other's circumstances, history, pressures or intent. But Jesus warns: “I say to ...

Election-year politics on display at County Council

Fellow Republican Kirby Delauter supported the bill, saying that people should be able to face their accuser. In this situation, we cannot agree. This is not an instance in which someone is accused of a crime, when they should absolutely have a right to confront their accuser. This is an accusation of ...

Sex-for-mark: OAU prof’s accuser to face panel Tuesday

FRIDAY OLOKOR, FEMI MAKINDE and SODIQ OYELEKE. The female postgraduate student, who was allegedly harassed sexually by a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ms. Monica Osagie, has agreed to honour the invitation of the institution's panel investigating the leaked sex-for-mark ...

Former Colleague of Cosby Accuser Describes Set-Up Plot

A former colleague of the woman at the center of Bill Cosby's sex assault retrial took the stand for the defense Wednesday to testify that his main accuser hatched a plot to extort the comedian. On Wednesday, his defense team introduced a star witness, a Temple University employee, Marguerite Jackson ...