UPDATE: Jury gets case after Cosby painted as predator, victim

This time, prosecutors had five other women testify that Cosby drugged and violated them. One accuser asked him through tears, "You remember, don't you, Mr. Cosby?" Cosby's lawyers, who contend the encounter was consensual, countered by calling to the stand a woman who said Constand spoke ...

Cosby Jury Begins Deliberations After Explosive Arguments

The jury also heard an admission, however, from Cosby that he used to keep quaaludes around in the 1970s so he could give them to women before having sex with them. Dozens of women have come forward in recent years to accuse Cosby of assault, but Constand is the only accuser whose claims ...

Rosenberg spouse pushes for open airing of allegations

By Laurel J. Sweet. Boston Herald. BOSTON -- The lawyer defending former Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg's estranged husband against a series of sexual-abuse charges warned yesterday his four male accusers "can't remain anonymous" if they push the case to trial next year. "Mr. Hefner ...

Bryon Hefner pleads not guilty

The lawyer defending former Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg's estranged husband against a series of sexual abuse charges warned yesterday his four male accusers “can't remain anonymous” if they push the case to trial next year. “Mr. Hefner Rosenberg has pled not guilty to the charges and ...

The disbelieved: rape accusers‘ stories retold on stage

They are the women whose voices we rarely hear, whose faces we are not allowed to print in the newspaper. A rape trial ends in an acquittal. The accused gives a defiant statement on the court steps. But from the woman whose allegations began the judicial process we hear nothing. Regardless of the ...

Nassar accusers ‘hopeful’ as mediation begins

Controversial demands are expected to emerge from both sides as Larry Nassar's accusers and Michigan State University renew efforts Wednesday to settle hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits through mediation. They could include a request from accusers that the entire MSU Board of Trustees resign, ...