The defense declared that Cosby himself was the victim of an elaborate scam. Cosby's lawyers, Tom Mesereau and Kathleen Bliss, insisted that Cosby's main accuser, Andrea Constand, consented to a sexual encounter at the star's home in suburban Philadelphia in 2004, then leveled false accusations ...
By David DeKok. NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby on Tuesday attacked the credibility of women who testified against him at his sexual assault trial, drawing a stern rebuke from prosecutors who said such shaming of victims was the reason women do not report ...
Bliss, her voice thick with seeming disgust, called one of Cosby's accusers, Janice Dickinson, “a failed starlet” and “an aged-out model.” “It sounds as though she slept with every single man on the planet,” Bliss said. “Is Miss Dickinson really the moral beacon that the women's movement wants?”.
Cosby lawyers slam accuser as 'pathological liar' at trial ... (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby attacked the credibility of women who testified against him at his sexual assault trial, singling out accuser Andrea Constand during closing arguments on Tuesday as a “pathological liar.”.
By David DeKok. NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby attacked the credibility of women who testified against him at his sexual assault trial, singling out accuser Andrea Constand during closing arguments on Tuesday as a "pathological liar." Cosby, the once-beloved ...
"It sounds as though she slept with every single man on the planet," Bliss said. "Is Miss Dickinson really the moral beacon that the women's movement wants?" Bliss suggested that another accuser, Heidi Thomas, was reveling in attention after years ago failing to become a comedy theater star. "Ladies ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - In a scathing closing argument Tuesday, one of Bill Cosby's lead attorneys compared the cavalcade of sexual-assault accusations against the comedian to "witch hunts, lynching and McCarthyism." The blistering remarks by Kathleen Bliss reached such a level of intensity that some ...
Cosby has said he gave Constand 1½ tablets of the over-the-counter cold and allergy medicine Benadryl to help her relax before what he called a consensual encounter. And the defense ripped into the other accusers, saying they were motivated by the prospect of money and fame to come forward in ...
NORRISTOWN, PA — In a scathing closing argument Tuesday, one of Bill Cosby's lead attorneys compared the cavalcade of sexual assault accusations against the comedian to “witch hunts, lynching and McCarthyism.” The blistering remarks by Kathleen Bliss reached such a level of intensity that some ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial was poised to begin deliberating Tuesday after prosecutors portrayed the 80-year-old former TV star as a serial predator who drugged and molested a woman 14 years ago. The defense called Cosby's accuser a "pathological liar" ...
