A judge agreed Thursday to let five additional Bill Cosby accusers testify at his April 2 sexual assault retrial, 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 molesting women. Judge Steven O'Neill said ...
Prosecutors wanted 19 accusers take the stand against the fallen funnyman at his trial, which is scheduled to begin with jury selection March 29, in hopes of proving a pattern of behavior. They will be able to choose who they want to testify, according to the order from Montgomery County Judge Steven ...
District Attorney Kevin R. Steele sought the judge's permission to allow 19 other accusers to testify when Cosby stands trial on charges he had inappropriate sexual contact with Andrea Constand, a former Temple University athletic department employee, at his Cheltenham home after plying her with ...
Today's decision came after the California Supreme Court rejected Bill Cosby's request to appeal a court decision by one of his most famous accusers just yesterday. Late last year, the state's Second Appellate District court said that former model Janice Dickinson could use a press release and letter ...
It won't be just Andrea Constand on the stand next month accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault. The judge presiding over Cosby's retrial ruled that up to five other accusers of the former "America's Dad" will get to tell a jury he drugged and/or raped them, too. The ruling Thursday by Judge Steven O'Neill ...
Dealing a major blow to Bill Cosby, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday that five more accusers can testify against the entertainer when he is retried on charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand. Cosby's spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, downplayed the impact of the decision. "It shows how ...
(Matt Slocum / Associated Press). A judge has agreed to let five additional accusers of Bill Cosby testify at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. ... O'Neill limited prosecutors at Cosby's first trial last year to calling only the 2004 accuser and a woman who alleged a 1990s assault. That trial ended in a hung jury.
The prosecution was limited to calling one other accuser in the first trial in the Philadelphia suburb of Norristown, Pennsylvania. It ended in June with a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict following six days of deliberations. Constand, a former administrator of the women's basketball ...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. -- A judge has agreed to let five additional accusers of Bill Cosby testify at his sexual assault retrial, scheduled to begin next month. Judge Steven O'Neill's ruling Thursday is a victory for prosecutors looking to portray the 80-year-old Cosby as one of Hollywood's biggest ...
“The impact on a jury of having just one other accuser is far less dramatic than having five other accusers tell a similar story.” Cosby stands accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, whom he met through Temple University's basketball program, in his Cheltenham home in 2004.
