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Cosby Accusers’ Lawyer: More Women Have Come Forward
Kevin Steele, Montgomery County’s first assistant district attorney, says that left the woman paralyzed and unable to respond to Cosby’s sexual advances – and that Cosby committed aggravated indecent assault.
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“Bill Cosby has spent his life attempting to silence the women he has assaulted with threats, lawsuits and money”, he wrote adding, “Hopefully now many of these women will get to tell their stories in a court of law and the people who supported him will get deposed”.
The answer to one question could have a big impact on the outcome of the case accusing Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee named Andrea Constand in 2004: Will his other accusers be allowed to testify?
A day after he was charged with sexual assault, Bill Cosby’s lawyers launched a campaign Thursday to portray the charge against him as false and politically motivated.
“Friends and fans, Thank you”, the message read.
It was the first original tweet sent by Cosby since August, when he posted a link to his attorney Monique Pressley – who vowed on Wednesday to clear his name – denying sexual assault allegations on his behalf. The charges stemmed from allegations brought by a woman who settled a civil case against Cosby in 2006.
“In a civil deposition he gave in 2005, Cosby admitted giving Constand “blue pills” in order “…to help take some of the stress and tension away”.
She was thrilled of the news that Cosby was charged and said: “At last, at last, at last”.
Cosby acknowledged under oath a decade ago that he had sexual contact with Ms Constand, but said it was consensual.
She said it was upsetting that Cosby was “accused unjustly of a crime”, but “he knows that he has a legal team that’s intent on defending him until he’s exonerated”.
Prosecutors in Pennsylvania are set to announce whether Bill Cosby will be charged over an encounter with a woman 12 years ago.
He faces five to 10 years in prison if convicted.
“Rather, reopening this case was our duty as law enforcement officers with a sworn obligation to uphold our constitutions and to uphold the law”.
His office filed the case against before the statute of limitations deadline for criminal prosecution was due to lapse in January.
“Probably it is going to be the highest-profile criminal case in this country, at least involving a celebrity”, she said.
“The evidence is strong and sufficient to proceed”, Steele said. Cosby will next appear in court on January 14.
In 2005, Constand claimed that Cosby invited her to his home and that on one occasion in 2004 he gave her pills and wine, which made her unresponsive.
Steele won the November election.
He said possible charges are still pending with the district attorney’s office there, but the statute of limitations will run out in the spring.
That testimony became public this past summer, prompting new calls for charges against Cosby.
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The sight of 78-year-old Bill Cosby walking with a cane into a Pennsylvania courthouse as he held the hands of his lawyers on Wednesday was in stark contrast to the spry, wisecracking 1980s TV father most Americans remember.