Charged prison guard seeks grand jury testimony

D'Andrea notes Lackawanna County detectives and prosecutors previously interviewed Voglino's accuser as part of their investigation into Joseph Black, a former guard who pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexually abusing five inmates. In a recent interview, D'Andrea said Lackawanna County prosecutors ...

Judge: Five other accusers can testify at Cosby trial

PHILADELPHIA — A judge agreed earlier this week to let five additional Bill Cosby accusers testify at his April 2 retrial for an alleged 2004 sexual assault, giving prosecutors a chance to portray the man once known as “America's Dad” as a serial predator who made a sadistic habit of drugging and ...

NYPD hid Weinstein accuser from DA, fearing aggressive treatment

On April 1, five days after Battilana had filed her complaint, Bashford conducted an interview with her. The next day, sources say, Vance's office sent its own investigators to Battilana's apartment. There, according to Bock, they aggressively questioned her roommates. Was Battilana a prostitute? Did she ...

Bill Cosby to Face 5 More Accusers in Court

Cosby's lawyers argued that permitting other accusers to testify would unfairly prejudice jurors, especially against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, which has encouraged millions of women to share their experiences of sexual abuse or harassment. At his first trial, last summer, which ended in a ...

Cosby to face five more accusers at retrial

BALTIMORE • It is round one to prosecutors in the Bill Cosby sexassault case after a judge on Thursday ruled that five previous accusers can be called as witnesses in an effort to establish a pattern of alleged predatory behaviour. The decision by Judge Steven O'Neill stated that prosecutors can choose ...