Bill Cosby accuser Heidi Thomas didn't mince words while testifying at the embattled comedian's retrial Wednesday, calling Cosby a “serial rapist.” The assessment came as Thomas was cross-examined by Cosby defense lawyer Kathleen Bliss, who suggested that Thomas had some sort of vested ...
Court opened on Wednesday with the defence successfully arguing that jurors should hear about another accuser's criminal past so they can fully assess her credibility. Cosby lawyer Jaya Gupta told the judge that Chelan Lasha's 2007 guilty plea for making a false report to Arizona law enforcement ...
The first accuser to testify at Bill Cosby's retrial described the comedian as "a serial rapist" Wednesday, stunning the courtroom as she parried with his lawyers. In her second day on the witness stand, Heidi Thomas, a Colorado music teacher, told jurors she came forward with her allegations in early ...
The first accuser to give evidence at Bill Cosby's retrial has described the comedian as “a serial rapist”. In her second day giving evidence, Heidi Thomas told jurors in Pennsylvania she came forward with her allegations in early 2015 to support other women who have accused Cosby, not for the ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby's defense team on Wednesday questioned the motives of a witness who says the comedian drugged her for four days in 1984 and sexually molested her, asking whether she was telling her story in a bid to revive her flagging career in musical theater.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby in 1984 called him out as a “serial rapist” in court Wednesday.. The scathing words, uttered by accuser Heidi Thomas right before she stepped down from the witness box during her second day of testimony, ...
Thomas has teamed with other Cosby accusers to lobby for longer statutes of limitations, including a successful effort to double Colorado's to 20 years. Court opened Wednesday with the defense successfully arguing that jurors should hear about another accuser's criminal past so they can fully assess ...
(AP) – The first accuser testifying at Bill Cosby's retrial is telling jurors she wants to “see a serial rapist convicted.” Heidi Thomas stunned Cosby's lawyers and the courtroom with her answer during cross-examination Wednesday, fending off the insinuation that she'd do anything to help the comedian's ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Jurors will be able to hear about the criminal past of one of the accusers in Bill Cosby's sex-assault retrial. Cosby lawyer Jaya Gupta told a judge Wednesday that Chelan Lasha's 2007 guilty plea for making a false report to Arizona law enforcement "bears on her veracity." The judge ...
Bill Cosby's attorneys sought to portray one of his accusers as an attention-seeker influenced by other women sharing their allegations against the comedian on day three of his criminal sexual assault retrial. “You've made it very clear you want to help Andrea Constand, haven't you?” defense attorney ...
