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Bill Cosby Waiting to See If He’ll Have to Face 19 Accusers in Court

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Bill Cosby and his defense team were at the Montgomery County Courthouse today to oppose the prosecution’s attempts to have as many as 19 women accusing Cosby of sexual assault testify in court. Led into the courthouse by his handlers just one week after the entertainer’s 44-year-old daughter died of kidney disease, Cosby is facing three counts of aggravated indecent assault over allegations that he drugged and sexually abused a former Temple University employee in his Philadelphia home in 2004. The first trial against the 80-year-old ended in a hung jury last June.

During today’s pretrial hearing, Judge Steven O’Neill dealt two blows to the defense: scolding them for falsely accusing prosecutors of withholding evidence, and refusing to throw out the felony assault charges.

Montgomery County DA Kevin R. Steele also asked that 19 of Cosby’s accusers be allowed to take the stand in April when the second trial is expected to begin. The prosecution has argued that their individual testimonies show a pattern of Cosby drugging and/or sexually assaulting women for five decades. To date, more than 50 women have publicly accused the entertainer of sexual assault. And while the judge has yet to rule on whether the women will be permitted to testify (his ruling could come as soon as Tuesday), their graphic testimonies would likely bolster the prosecution’s case.


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