Tom Mesereau, lawyer for actor and comedian Bill Cosby, arrives for Cosby's sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. by Jeremy Roebuck & Laura McCrystal - Staff Writers. Email @jeremyrroebuck ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's lawyer launched a blistering courtroom attack on the comedian's accuser Tuesday, portraying her as a con artist whose goal was “money, money and lots more money.” Lawyer Tom Mesereau told jurors in his opening statement at the former TV star's sex-assault ...
Mesereau urged jurors to ignore the other accusers, calling them irrelevant to this case. He also urged them to set aside any sympathy they might have for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct that has toppled Harvey Weinstein, Sen. Al Franken, Matt Lauer and other powerful men in recent ...
Bill Cosby's lawyer has launched a fierce attack on the comedian's accuser, calling her a con artist who took advantage of Cosby's grief and loneliness over his son's murder to gain his trust before framing him for sexual assault. Lawyer Tom Mesereau delivered a blistering opening statement Tuesday in ...
The criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R), who is accused of attempting to blackmail a woman with whom he had an affair, has taken a turn for the bizarre. Greitens' attorneys claimed in a Sunday court filing that the woman testified that she may have only dreamed up or imagined the core ...
Back in 2005, he won a jury acquittal of Michael Jackson on child molestation charges after stressing in court that Jackson's accusers targeted him with ginned up claims in efforts to squeeze him for settlement payouts. To Mesereau, not only was Constand always hoping to line her pockets by getting ...
Entertainer Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual-assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Tuesday. Photo: Matt Slocum/Associated Press. By. Kris Maher. Kris Maher. The Wall Street Journal. BiographyKris Maher · @Kris_Maher · Google+ ·
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Bill Cosby's new lead defense attorney Tom Mesereau had to wait until Tuesday to deliver his opening argument but he did not hold back, labeling accuser Andrea Constand a "con artist" who manipulated the comedian in hopes of a big payday. Mesereau's statement followed Monday's opening volley ...
Bill Cosby, center, leaves his sexual assault trial with spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, left, at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby paid nearly $3.4 million to the woman he is charged with sexually assaulting, a prosecutor revealed to jurors Monday, ...
Bill Cosby, center, leaves his sexual assault trial with spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, left, at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby paid nearly $3.4 million to the woman he is charged with sexually assaulting, a prosecutor revealed to jurors Monday, ...
