Cosby’s defenders decry him as victim of racism and sexism

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A publicist for the once-beloved Bill Cosby complained that his conviction and three- to 10-year prison term for sexual assault stem from a racist and sexist justice system, as the defense vowed to appeal the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Cosby, 81, spent his first night alone in a... Read More

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Bill Cosby

September 25, 2018

Cosby’s day of reckoning comes after 3-year sex assault case

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby faces a good chance of being sent to prison Tuesday when a judge is expected to sentence the TV star who was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. The once-beloved actor and comedian, dubbed “America’s Dad” for his role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable on the top-ranked, 1980s-era... Read More

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Bill Cosby

September 24, 2018

Cosby, accuser in court for start of sentencing

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby and his chief accuser arrived at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Monday for the start of a sentencing hearing that will determine how the 81-year-old comedian will be punished for drugging and sexually assaulting her more than 14 years ago. Cosby was the first celebrity to go to trial in... Read More

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Bill Cosby

September 24, 2018

Judge set to decide whether Bill Cosby, 81, goes to prison

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby faced the start of a sentencing hearing Monday at which a judge will decide how to punish the 81-year-old comedian who blazed the trail for other black entertainers and donated millions to black causes but preyed on at least one young woman and perhaps many more. Cosby was the... Read More

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Bill Cosby

September 21, 2018

Sentencing options for Cosby include prison, jail, probation

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby could be sent to prison next week for drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004 in what became the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Cosby is due in court Monday for a two-day sentencing hearing that follows his conviction in the spring on... Read More

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September 20, 2018

Judge nixes Cosby request to step down; sentencing Monday

Days before sentencing, Bill Cosby’s trial judge denied a defense motion to step down from the sex assault case because of what Cosby’s team called a long-ago grudge with a pretrial witness. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill has seen the case through two trials, hard-fought pretrial hearings and 15 defense lawyers since Cosby’s arrest on... Read More

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Bill Cosby

September 17, 2018

Bill Cosby’s wife wants ethics board to investigate judge

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s wife wants a Pennsylvania ethics board to investigate the judge who is set to sentence her husband next week on felony sex assault charges. Camille Cosby is renewing allegations that trial judge Steven O’Neill had a grudge with a key witness in a pretrial hearing. O’Neill sent the case... Read More

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September 14, 2018

Cosby prosecutor opposes defense bid to have judge step down

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The prosecutor in Bill Cosby’s sex-assault case is opposing the actor’s demand that the trial judge step down before this month’s sentencing. Cosby’s lawyers say Judge Steven O’Neill has a longstanding grudge with a key pretrial witness and should recuse himself. O’Neill is set to sentence Cosby on Sept. 24 over... Read More

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September 12, 2018

Cosby wants judge to step down days before sentencing

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby wants a Pennsylvania judge to step down from his case days before sentencing on sex assault charges. A defense motion Tuesday accuses Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill of having a longtime grudge against a key witness in a 2016 pretrial hearing. The witness, ex-prosecutor Bruce Castor, says he declined... Read More

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September 11, 2018

Cosby lawyers fight testimony of other women at sentencing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers will fight a prosecution bid to have other accusers testify at his sentencing this month on felony sex assault charges. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania want at least some of Cosby’s dozens of other accusers to testify at the Sept. 24 sentencing. Five testified at the spring trial, when jurors convicted... Read More

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September 6, 2018

Bill Cosby faces lawsuit over unpaid legal fees

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former member of Bill Cosby’s defense team is suing the 81-year-old comedian for more than $50,000 in unpaid legal fees. The civil claim for failure to pay for legal services rendered was filed Tuesday by Philadelphia-based law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. It did not include the exact amount the... Read More

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August 1, 2018

Sex predator law challenged by Cosby to get court review

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court will consider whether the state can lawfully designate certain sex offenders as sexually violent predators, as it’s seeking to do in the case of Bill Cosby. Cosby’s attorneys also are challenging the constitutionality of the law. But the state Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to review the statute was made... Read More

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July 25, 2018

Board recommends Cosby be found a sexually violent predator

A Pennsylvania board recommended Bill Cosby be classified as a sexually violent predator, which would require the former TV star to attend at least monthly sex offender counseling — in prison and out — and police to post warning flyers throughout his neighborhood whenever he is freed. It is now up to a judge to... Read More

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Bill Cosby

June 15, 2018

Bill Cosby ousts legal team ahead of sex assault sentencing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has ousted the high-powered defense team whose aggressive tactics failed to sway jurors from convicting him of sexual assault in April. Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt said Thursday that Tom Mesereau and the rest of the retrial team have been replaced by a Philadelphia-area defense attorney with experience handling sex crimes... Read More

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Bill Cosby

Cosby’s defenders decry him as victim of racism and sexism

Cosby’s day of reckoning comes after 3-year sex assault case

Cosby, accuser in court for start of sentencing

Judge set to decide whether Bill Cosby, 81, goes to prison

Sentencing options for Cosby include prison, jail, probation

Judge nixes Cosby request to step down; sentencing Monday

Bill Cosby’s wife wants ethics board to investigate judge

Cosby prosecutor opposes defense bid to have judge step down

Cosby wants judge to step down days before sentencing

Cosby lawyers fight testimony of other women at sentencing

Bill Cosby faces lawsuit over unpaid legal fees

Sex predator law challenged by Cosby to get court review

Board recommends Cosby be found a sexually violent predator

Bill Cosby ousts legal team ahead of sex assault sentencing

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