Judge allows more accusers to testify in Cosby trial

PHILADELPHIA >> A judge agreed today to let five additional Bill Cosby accusers testify at his April 2 retrial for an alleged 2004 sexual assault, giving ... Allowing additional accusers to testify is sure to keep Cosby in court longer than his first trial, which ended in a hung jury last year after six days of ...

Judge in Bill Cosby retrial rules 5 past accusers can testify

While the judge will instruct the jury about the legal purpose of the “prior bad acts” witnesses, the jurors themselves will determine how — or whether — the other accusers' testimony factors into their deliberations. After the deadlock in June, some jurors in that case said Johnson's testimony played little ...

Judge in Bill Cosby retrial rules 5 past accusers can testify

While the judge will instruct the jury about the legal purpose of the “prior bad acts” witnesses, the jurors themselves will determine how — or whether — the other accusers' testimony factors into their deliberations. After the deadlock in June, some jurors in that case said Johnson's testimony played little ...

Judge in Cosby retrial rules 5 past accusers can testify

Only one was permitted to testify in addition to Andrea Constand, the central accuser in the case, at Cosby's trial in June. That case — the only criminal charges against the entertainer despite allegations from dozens of women — ended in a mistrial. Thursday's ruling by Judge Steven T. O'Neill could ...

Five more Cosby accusers to testify at sex assault retrial

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ruled that five other women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault over the years could testify at his retrial on charges of drugging and assaulting a former friend, giving prosecutors an early win. Montgomery County ...