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Cosby Prosecutor Calls Out Comedian for Smirking at Victims During Trial: ‘This Is Not Your Stage’
In a new interview with the Associated Press, attorney Kristen Feden opened up about the challenges and frustrations she encountered prosecuting one of the world’s most famous men, cultural icon Bill Cosby. Among them was Cosby’s arrogance, which Feden says was on full display during his trial. Cosby was convicted last week on three counts…
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Bill Cosby Wasn’t ‘Publicly Lynched’; He Hanged Himself
Just hours after Bill Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault, his publicists were busy making the media rounds. Publicist Andrew Wyatt called his recent guilty verdict a “public lynching,” and publicist Ebonee Benson invoked the story of Emmett Till—whose accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, admitted that she lied, which resulted in…
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Bill Cosby Accuser Andrea Constand to Return Monday for Testimony
Andrea Constand will take the stand again Monday, her second day of testimony in the retrial of disgraced comedian and actor Bill Cosby, who is facing charges of indecent assault. CNN reports that Constand will return for the second week of the trial in Norristown, Pa., after taking the stand Friday. As Diana Moskovitz reported…
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Is Bill Cosby’s Time Up? Comedian’s Sexual Assault Retrial to Begin Monday
Updated Monday, April 9, 2018, 11:13 a.m. EDT: It looks as if Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial has already hit a snag, with opening statements in the case being delayed Monday as Judge Steven O’Neill acknowledged that he intended to look into allegations that one of the jurors selected was overheard claiming that the 80-year-old…
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Lisa Bonet Opens Up, Says She Sensed ‘Sinister, Shadow Energy’ From Co-Star Bill Cosby
Lisa Bonet finally has something to say about the sexual assault allegations against her former TV father, Bill Cosby, and it ain’t good, as one might expect. In an interview published in Net-a-Porter, the actress voiced no surprise at the accusations but acknowledged that she had no sense of anything that was happening. Instead, she…
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Bill Cosby Heads to Court to Stop Accusers From Testifying in Retrial as Prosecutors Seek to Call 19 Additional Women as Witnesses
Bill Cosby is scheduled to be in court Monday in a bid to stop several of his accusers from testifying in his sexual assault retrial April 2. According to NBC 5 Chicago, Cosby’s defense team is expected to argue with prosecutors over the potential witnesses at the pretrial hearing. The Associated Press reports that prosecutors…
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Bill Cosby Retrial Postponed Until 2018
After a revamping of his defense team, Bill Cosby’s sexual assault and drugging retrial has been postponed until the spring. Cosby, who recently hired Michael Jackson’s former lawyer Tom Mesereau, was supposed to head back to court Nov. 6, but the judge has postponed jury selection until mid-March, according to ABC News. Cosby’s June trial…
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Bill Cosby Is Putting Together a ‘Dream Team’ to Defend Him During His November Retrial on Sexual Assault Charges
Bill Cosby is hard at work putting together a “dream team” of attorneys to represent him in November at his retrial in Pennsylvania for sexual assault charges. The comedian has hired an attorney who previously represented Michael Jackson. The Associated Press reports that the 80-year-old Cosby is rebuilding his legal team after the lawyers from…
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Bill Cosby Will Be Retried in November for Sexual Assault Against Andrea Constand
Bill Cosby’s legal troubles stemming from the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him are far from over. On the heels of the announcement last week that he would go on trial in California in June 2018, his Philadelphia trial will get a do-over in November. Prosecutors will once again try Cosby, 79, for allegedly…
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The Cosby Trial Reminded Me Why I’ll Never Seek Justice
I have been sexually assaulted twice in my life. Each incident was almost textbook in what we know about how sexual assault usually works. I was younger than my assaulter, and in both instances, he was in a position of power over me. In one instance, we had a relationship prior to the attack, including…