Prosecutors Want 13 Other Women To Testify Against Cosby
Prosecutors said Tuesday they want 13 other women who have accused Bill Cosby of molesting them to testify.
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Prosecutors said Tuesday they want 13 other women who have accused Bill Cosby of molesting them to testify.
The defense also will push on Tuesday to keep key evidence out of the case.
Bill Cosby's lawyers argue a jury should never hear the recording of a phone call between Cosby and the mother of his accuser.
Bill Cosby's lawyers are trying to keep the calls from being played in his criminal trial.
Bill Cosby has dropped a lawsuit that argued a confidential settlement agreement was violated by a woman accusing him of sexual assault.
The report says Cosby has suffered from an eye disease for several years.
On Thursday, a judged ruled that the Cosby case will continue after his attorneys attempted to have the case dismissed.
Bill Cosby will be back in a Montgomery County courtroom Thursday afternoon for another pretrial hearing, as the comedian battles charges he drugged and raped a woman at his Cheltenham mansion twelve years ago.
Cosby argues that Constand violated their confidential agreement by speaking to police.
A 72-year-old New Hampshire woman who says Bill Cosby raped her in 1965 withdrew her civil defamation lawsuit against the comedian on Friday.
Bill Cosby's lawyers are challenging the use of hearsay evidence at his recent preliminary hearing on sex assault charges and say Pennsylvania prosecutors are trying to "win at all costs."
Newly public police records in Bill Cosby's criminal sex-assault case show his accuser planned to confront him.
Walt Hunter tells Chris Stigall he expects Bill Cosby's lawyers to argue against allowing other Cosby accusers to testify in his trial on sexual assault allegations from 2004.
Chris reviewed a judges decision that Bill Cosby will face trial for an alleged sexual assault in 2004, Donald Trump's rally in New Mexico, and more millennials living with their parents than anywhere else. He talked with CBS 3 Reporter Walt Hunter, who is retiring today, about the Cosby trial at 7:00 and Patrick Kerkstra from Philadelphia Magazine at 8:00 about Mayor Jim Kenney being attacked by one of his primary opponents.
Rich discussed Bill Cosby facing trial for assault charges, the similarities between Bill Clinton and Bill Cosby and Bernie Sanders' warning of a messy convention. He also discussed Donald Trump's picks for vice president, 31 different gender identities and more. Rich spoke with Gov. Ed Rendell at 4:30pm.
The decision was handed down on Tuesday in a Montgomery County courtroom for a preliminary hearing on the sexual assault charges that stem from a 2004 incident at Cosby's Cheltenham Mansion.
While there is the chance Bill Cosby's accuser could take the stand, under Pennsylvania law, the case could move forward with prosecutors simply relying on testimony from detectives based on Andrea Constand's statement to police back in 2005.
Prosecutors had declined to charge Cosby over Constand's complaint in 2005, but arrested him in December.
Bill Cosby's wife responded minimally to some questions she was asked over a lawsuit.
Prosecutors, though, may instead rely on Andrea Constand's police statement under an in-flux Pennsylvania ruling meant to spare victims the ordeal of repeated court appearances.
The actor-comedian asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to review last week's decision by an appeals court that upheld the case.
Cosby will appear May 24 in a Pennsylvania courthouse to face charges over a 2004 encounter at his home with a then-Temple University employee.
The mid-level state Superior Court ruled Monday that the criminal sex-assault case against Cosby can proceed.
Constand's lawyer Dolores Troiani says Cosby is using the court system to try to intimidate witnesses.
Cosby admits to several affairs in the deposition and says he obtained prescription sedatives to give to women he hoped to seduce.
