Let the messenger beware

For a woman to take legal recourse against sexual harassment, meted out by a superior in a workplace or a college mate or even some random pest calling/texting her, she is submitting to an archaic legal/procedural process that has generally favoured denial by accusers or trivialises the complaint itself ...

Expert: Benadryl, quaaludes could’ve affected Cosby accuser

Bill Cosby's chief accuser could have been made woozy either by the cold and allergy medicine Benadryl or by quaaludes, a prosecution expert testified Thursday at the comedian's sexual assault retrial. The identity of the pills that Cosby gave Andrea Constand before a 2004 sexual encounter at his ...

Cosby team turns to star witness with drug experts on deck

Bill Cosby's lawyers turned to their star witness in the comedian's sexual assault retrial, countering the harrowing accounts of a half-dozen accusers with a woman who says chief accuser Andrea Constand mused about framing a celebrity in hopes of a big payday. Temple University academic adviser ...

Bill Cosby Retrial: Star Witness Claims Rape Accuser Is Lying

A star witness in the Bill Cosby rape trial has claimed the comedian's accuser is lying. Temple University academic advisor Marguerite Jackson maintains she knows Andrea Constand isn't telling the truth about her alleged 2004 encounter with Cosby. "I knew Andrea Constand and she said it didn't ...