Bill Cosby goes to court to stop accusers from testifying

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A day after Hollywood’s first Oscars of the #MeToo era, Bill Cosby is going to court on Monday to stop some of his dozens of accusers from testifying at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. Cosby’s retooled defense team, led by former Michael Jackson lawyer Tom Mesereau, is due to clash with... Read More

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Bill Cosby

February 27, 2018

Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa, 44, dies in Massachusetts

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter Ensa Cosby died in Massachusetts from kidney disease, a spokesman for the comedian said Monday. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt did not immediately offer other details about her death on Friday. “Please keep the Cosby family in your prayers and give them peace at this time,” he said. Bill Cosby... Read More

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February 6, 2018

Cosby’s lawyers: We were wrong about hidden-evidence claim

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers admitted Monday that they wrongly accused prosecutors in his criminal sexual-assault case of withholding evidence — an assertion seething prosecutors blasted as “outrageous and reckless.” Members of Cosby’s retooled defense team acknowledged in a court filing that they made the bold, headline-grabbing claim last month without realizing prosecutors had... Read More

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Bill Cosby

January 27, 2018

Cosby lawyers: Prosecutors withheld, destroyed key evidence

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers have accused prosecutors of withholding and destroying evidence that they say could have helped the 80-year-old entertainer defend himself against charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. Cosby’s lawyers said in court papers Thursday that prosecutors waited until last week to tell... Read More

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Bill Cosby

January 24, 2018

Bill Cosby is hitting the town; legal experts see a strategy

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby is suddenly out and about in his hometown of Philadelphia in what legal experts say appears to be an effort by the comedian to rebuild his good-guy image ahead of his retrial on sexual assault charges in the spring. In the past two weeks, the 80-year-old Cosby emerged from a... Read More

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Bill Cosby

January 23, 2018

Cosby jokes in 1st show since 2015 he ‘used to be’ comedian

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby performed in public for the first time since a sex abuse scandal embroiled him in 2015, joking that he “used to be a comedian” and playing with a jazz band in his hometown as a retrial looms in his criminal sexual assault case. The 80-year-old entertainer took the stage for... Read More

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January 19, 2018

Prosecutors want to call 19 other accusers at Cosby retrial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors preparing for Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges told a judge Thursday that they want to call 19 other accusers to try to show a pattern of “prior bad acts” over five decades. The comedian’s first trial ended with a hung jury in June. In that proceeding, prosecutors asked to... Read More

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Bill Cosby

January 12, 2018

Bill Cosby’s next trial will carry weight of #MeToo movement

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jurors couldn’t agree the first time around whether to accept a woman’s story that “America’s Dad,” Bill Cosby, sexually assaulted her over a decade ago. Now he faces a retrial in less than 90 days in a vastly different cultural climate, one in which powerful men from Hollywood to the U.S. Senate... Read More

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Bill Cosby

January 3, 2018

Court won’t rehear defamation case against Bill Cosby

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court won’t rehear a defamation lawsuit filed against Bill Cosby by a woman who said he raped her decades ago. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently denied Kathrine McKee’s request for a full-court hearing. A three-judge panel of the court had ruled against her in October. The... Read More

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September 13, 2016

For the first time, Bill Cosby’s lawyers claim racism

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has long preached the gospel of personal responsibility to fellow blacks, irritating those who fault racism for holding the community back. Read More

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Bill Cosby goes to court to stop accusers from testifying

Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa, 44, dies in Massachusetts

Cosby’s lawyers: We were wrong about hidden-evidence claim

Cosby lawyers: Prosecutors withheld, destroyed key evidence

Bill Cosby is hitting the town; legal experts see a strategy

Cosby jokes in 1st show since 2015 he ‘used to be’ comedian

Prosecutors want to call 19 other accusers at Cosby retrial

Bill Cosby’s next trial will carry weight of #MeToo movement

Court won’t rehear defamation case against Bill Cosby

For the first time, Bill Cosby’s lawyers claim racism

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