Cosby Retrial to Allow Witness Who Says Accuser Is Lying

Judge Steven O'Neill has OKed testimony — barred from Bill Cosby's last trial — from a witness who says accuser Andrea Constand once talked about wanting to get money from a celebrity by lying about sexual assault. He'll also allow details of how much Cosby paid Constand in a 2006 settlement.

Mother accused of intimidating son’s accuser

As a result, he will now face charges of conspiracy to intimidate a victim, conspiracy of obstruction and conspiracy to hinder or destroy evidence. Before that meeting, Flickinger contacted the accuser's father and told him that Tompkins was being assaulted by guards, according to the affidavit of probable ...

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 ...