Judge rules Cosby can call witness to undercut accuser

HARRISBURG (Reuters) - Defence lawyers at Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges can call a witness they say will undermine his accuser's credibility, a Pennsylvania judge said on Tuesday (April 3), reversing his ruling that barred the same witness from the first trial of the comedian once known ...

Judge rules Cosby can call witness to undercut accuser

HARRISBURG (Reuters) - Defence lawyers at Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges can call a witness they say will undermine his accuser's credibility, a Pennsylvania judge said on Tuesday (April 3), reversing his ruling that barred the same witness from the first trial of the comedian once known ...

States, cities sue to keep census as is

As jury selection picked up speed, the judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge lift Tuesday with two rulings that could bolster the 80-year-old comedian's efforts to show that his accuser made up the allegations against him in hopes of a big payday. Judge Steven O'Neill ...

Magaya ‘accuser‘ nails PG

The star witness in the rape trial of televangelist Walter Magaya has questioned Prosecutor-General Ray Goba's fitness for office after allegedly pushing her to commit perjury by forcing her to testify against the preacher. Prophetic Healing and Deliverence Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya arrives ...

Cosby gets pair of key rulings, but not ‘bandwagon’ juror

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyers scored a pair of rulings crucial to their strategy of painting his accuser as a money-grubbing liar, but they could not get the one prospective juror who seemed most willing to consider that idea. The defense wanted a man who said he thought many of the ...