Bill Cosby gets pair of key rulings, but not ‘bandwagon’ juror

Judge Steven O'Neill granted the Cosby team's request to call a woman who says accuser Andrea Constand talked about framing a celebrity before she lodged allegations against him in 2005. NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyers scored a pair of rulings crucial to their strategy of painting his ...

Cosby Retrial to Allow Witness Who Says Accuser Is Lying

Judge Steven O'Neill has OKed testimony — barred from Bill Cosby's last trial — from a witness who says accuser Andrea Constand once talked about wanting to get money from a celebrity by lying about sexual assault. He'll also allow details of how much Cosby paid Constand in a 2006 settlement.

Mother accused of intimidating son’s accuser

As a result, he will now face charges of conspiracy to intimidate a victim, conspiracy of obstruction and conspiracy to hinder or destroy evidence. Before that meeting, Flickinger contacted the accuser's father and told him that Tompkins was being assaulted by guards, according to the affidavit of probable ...

Judge rules Cosby can call witness to undercut accuser

HARRISBURG (Reuters) - Defence 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 (April 3), reversing his ruling that barred the same witness from the first trial of the comedian once known ...

Judge rules Cosby can call witness to undercut accuser

HARRISBURG (Reuters) - Defence 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 (April 3), reversing his ruling that barred the same witness from the first trial of the comedian once known ...