Insurer must defend Bill Cosby defamation suits, court says

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court says an insurance company must pick up Bill Cosby’s tab to fight defamation lawsuits brought by women who accused him of sexual misconduct. But the ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston doesn’t mean the insurance company, AIG, must pay any damages. Cosby faces... Read More

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Bill Cosby

June 1, 2018

Cosby accuser makes first public statements since trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The woman whose allegations that Bill Cosby drugged and assaulted her led to his conviction said the pills he gave her made her feel like a “limp noodle,” leaving her helpless to fend off the 2004 attack. Andrea Constand, 45, a former Temple University women’s basketball administrator, spoke to NBC News in... Read More

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Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby

May 22, 2018

Bill Cosby jurors identified, 3 weeks after conviction

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Friday publicly identified members of the jury that convicted Bill Cosby of sexual assault last month, but warned that reporters could face criminal charges if they hound jurors who don’t want to be bothered. Judge Steven O’Neill released the names after what he described as a 21-day “cooling-off period”... Read More

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Bill Cosby

May 4, 2018

Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organization that bestows the Academy Awards said Thursday that it has expelled two prominent members convicted of sexual offenses, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, from its membership. It’s the first major decision since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences implemented revised standards of conduct for its over 8,400... Read More

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Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski

May 3, 2018

Wife: Cosby convicted by ‘mob justice, not real justice’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s wife called Thursday for a criminal investigation into the suburban Philadelphia prosecutor behind his sexual assault conviction, saying the case that could put the 80-year-old comedian in prison for the rest of his life was “mob justice, not real justice” and a “tragedy” that must be undone. Camille Cosby made... Read More

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Bill Cosby

May 1, 2018

Cosby jury: Chief accuser was ‘credible and compelling’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Speaking out for the first time, the jury that convicted Bill Cosby at his sexual assault retrial said Monday it found the comedian’s chief accuser to be “credible and compelling,” adding its verdict had nothing to do with the #MeToo movement or any another factor outside the courtroom. The jury wrote in... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 30, 2018

Cosby juror: Comedian’s own words led to his conviction

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A juror on the Bill Cosby sexual assault retrial case says the comedian’s own words sealed his fate. Harrison Snyder, in an interview aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” said that it “wasn’t an open and shut case.” But the 22-year-old says Cosby’s deposition — in which he admitted giving women... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 27, 2018

Comparing Cosby’s 2 trials: More accusers and a conviction

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The retrial that led to Bill Cosby’s conviction Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia mansion played out far differently than one that ended in a hung jury last year. This time, prosecutors had the advantage of calling five additional accusers to help make the... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 27, 2018

Cosby could spend rest of life in prison for sex assault

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — After decades of whispers, lawsuits, investigations and close calls, Bill Cosby could be headed to prison at age 80 for sexual assault for the rest of his life, vindicating a multitude of women who doubted anyone would ever believe their word against that of America’s Dad. The comedian was convicted Thursday... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 26, 2018

Bill Cosby convicted of drugging and molesting a woman

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America’s Dad. Cosby, 80, could end up spending his... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 26, 2018

Jury focuses on Cosby’s star witness; his lawyers face heat

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial are kicking off a second day of deliberations by revisiting the testimony of a star defense witness who said accuser Andrea Constand once spoke of framing a prominent person to score a big payday. The seven men and five women will have Marguerite Jackson’s... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 25, 2018

Jury to deliberate after Cosby painted as predator, victim

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial are poised to start deliberating after a marathon day of closing arguments that portrayed the comedian both as a calculating predator who’s finally being brought to justice and the victim of a multimillion-dollar frame-up by a “pathological liar.” The seven men and five women... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 24, 2018

Cosby jury to decide: Serial rapist or con artist’s mark

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury that will start deliberating Bill Cosby’s fate on Tuesday has heard the comedian described over the past two weeks both as a “serial rapist” and a con artist’s victim. They have seen a parade of accusers testify that the man once revered as “America’s Dad” had a secret life... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 23, 2018

Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors weren’t allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby’s chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn’t stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion. With Cosby’s sexual assault retrial... Read More

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Bill Cosby

Insurer must defend Bill Cosby defamation suits, court says

Cosby accuser makes first public statements since trial

Bill Cosby jurors identified, 3 weeks after conviction

Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski

Wife: Cosby convicted by ‘mob justice, not real justice’

Cosby jury: Chief accuser was ‘credible and compelling’

Cosby juror: Comedian’s own words led to his conviction

Comparing Cosby’s 2 trials: More accusers and a conviction

Cosby could spend rest of life in prison for sex assault

Bill Cosby convicted of drugging and molesting a woman

Jury focuses on Cosby’s star witness; his lawyers face heat

Jury to deliberate after Cosby painted as predator, victim

Cosby jury to decide: Serial rapist or con artist’s mark

Cosby defense team lobs attacks in court of public opinion

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