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Bill Cosby's Morning Interrupted by Topless Woman

Unnamed woman charges at him, is detained

(Newser) - Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial begins Monday, and its start was more dramatic than expected. A topless protester with phrases written on her arms and torso—including "Women's Lives Matter" on her chest and what Fox News reports was "Cosby" and "rapist" on her back—...

Bill Cosby Lawyers: Oust Juror Over His Comment

Male juror reportedly considers trial a waste of time

(Newser) - A man selected as a juror in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial thinks the comedian is guilty and wants the case to be over, according to a prospective juror who says the man offered his opinion as they chatted during jury selection, the AP reports. Cosby's lawyers seized...

Bill Cosby's New Jury Looks a Whole Lot Like His Last One

Seven men and 5 women set to decide his fate

(Newser) - A jury of seven men and five women—10 of them white, two of them black—was seated Wednesday to decide Bill Cosby's fate after a day marked by defense accusations of racial discrimination. Cosby's lawyers alleged a member of the prosecution team made a disparaging remark after...

Cosby Defense Team Scores Big Win Before Trial

Judge will allow woman to testify that accuser once talked about framing a celebrity

(Newser) - The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge boost Tuesday, ruling his lawyers can call a witness who says the accuser talked about framing a celebrity before she went to police in 2005 with allegations about the comedian, per the AP . Judge Steven...

Bill Cosby Lawyers Try to Have Judge Removed

They plan to portray Cosby's accuser as greedy

(Newser) - The judge in Bill Cosby's retrial rejected demands from the comedian's defense lawyers to step aside during a Thursday hearing in which they made clear they plan to attack his accuser as a greedy liar who falsely accused him of sexually assaulting her to collect a payoff. Judge...

Bill Cosby's Legal Team Just Got 2 Pieces of Bad News

5 other accusers can testify at his retrial, and model's defamation lawsuit can proceed

(Newser) - A judge agreed Thursday to let five additional Bill Cosby accusers testify at his April 2 sexual assault retrial, giving prosecutors a chance to portray the man once known as "America's Dad" as a serial predator who made a sadistic habit of drugging and molesting women. Judge Steven...

Lisa Bonet Says Cosby Had 'Sinister, Shadow Energy'

Former 'Cosby Show' star isn't surprised by allegations against TV dad

(Newser) - "I don’t need to say, ‘I told you so,'" Lisa Bonet tells Net-a-Porter . “I just leave all that to karma and justice and what will be.” The interview published Friday marks the first time the one-time Cosby Show star has spoken publicly...

Cosby Goes to Court to Stop Women From Testifying

His lawyers say other accusers should be barred from testifying at retrial

(Newser) - A day after Hollywood's first Oscars of the #MeToo era, Bill Cosby will be in court to try to stop some of his dozens of accusers from testifying at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. Cosby's retooled defense team, led by former Michael Jackson lawyer Tom Mesereau, is...

List of Women Who May Testify on Cosby Just Keeps Growing

He is due in court for a pretrial hearing Monday

(Newser) - Prosecutors in Bill Cosby's retrial want to call as many as 19 other women to the witness stand to show he had a five-decade pattern of drugging and harming women. Cosby is due in court for a pretrial hearing Monday, less than two weeks after his daughter's death,...

TMZ: Bill Cosby Loses a 2nd Child
Bill Cosby Loses a 2nd Child
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Feb 26, 2018 2:23 PM CST

Bill Cosby Loses a 2nd Child

Daughter Ensa is dead at 44

(Newser) - The report is thin, but TMZ says Bill Cosby's 44-year-old daughter Ensa died Friday in Massachusetts; a rep for Cosby confirms this to the AP and says she died from renal disease. TMZ had reported she was in poor health, with kidney issues that potentially had her on the...

Cosby Lawyers: Our Witness Says Accuser Is Lying

Woman claims that star's accuser made up the allegations to get rich

(Newser) - Bill Cosby's lawyers are accusing prosecutors of withholding and destroying evidence that could have helped him, reports the AP . Cosby's lawyers, who want his criminal sexual assault case dismissed before his April retrial, say in court papers Thursday that prosecutors only recently informed them of an interview last...

Bill Cosby Returns to Stage in Comedy Gig
Bill Cosby Gets
Back on Stage
Jan 22, 2018 7:04 PM CST

Bill Cosby Gets Back on Stage

He appears at Philadelphia jazz club

(Newser) - Bill Cosby seems to be stepping out in public again. The 80-year-old comic appeared Monday at the LaRose Jazz Club in Philadelphia and performed an informal set, reports USA Today . The story notes that one of those in attendance was NPR reporter Bobby Allyn, who tweeted a short video clip...

Cosby Shakes Hand, Makes #MeToo Comment

Comedian brought up #MeToo at Wednesday dinner

(Newser) - Bill Cosby referenced the #MeToo movement after a dinner at an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia on Wednesday, reports the AP . The 80-year-old comedian was dining with an old friend and his publicist, and some members of the media were invited to document the event. The Philadelphia Inquirer —which dubbed...

Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Retrial Delayed

Second trial won't get underway until the spring

(Newser) - Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual-assault charges has been pushed back after his new legal team successfully argued for a motion to delay Tuesday, USA Today reports. The trial had been scheduled to start Nov. 6 but now won't get underway until March or April. The delay will give...

Bill Cosby Hires Michael Jackson's Lawyer

Tom Mesereau won an acquittal in Jackson's child molestation trial

(Newser) - Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson's former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania, the AP reports. Cosby's spokesman announced Monday that the 80-year-old comedian is bringing in Tom Mesereau to lead a retooled defense team. Lawyers from the first trial...

Bill Cosby's Lead Attorney Wants Out

Files paperwork to withdraw as counsel

(Newser) - Bill Cosby is in need of a new attorney. Brian McMonagle, the comedian's lead defense lawyer during his recent sexual assault trial, filed documents Tuesday seeking to withdraw as Cosby's counsel, the AP reports. Cosby faces a second trial in November after the judge declared a mistrial in...

Cosby&#39;s Retrial Date Set
Bill Cosby's Retrial Date Set
Jul 6, 2017 6:25 PM CDT

Bill Cosby's Retrial Date Set

He was ordered to be ready for trial on Nov. 6

(Newser) - Bill Cosby will be retried in November on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago, after a Pennsylvania jury deadlocked on the question after deliberating over six days. Cosby, who turns 80 in July, was ordered Thursday to be ready for trial on Nov. 6,...

Trial Date Set in Another Cosby Assault Case

California case likely won't go to trial until after Pennsylvania re-trial

(Newser) - Bill Cosby has another trial date coming up in another alleged assault case: On Tuesday, a Los Angeles judge set July 30, 2018, as the tentative start date for a trial in the civil case from Judy Huth, who says Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974,...

Cosby Team Blames Media for Town Hall Reports

They'll be about 'restoration of legacy,' not about sexual assault, publicist says

(Newser) - Bill Cosby has definite plans for this summer, but those plans don't involve what was initially reported, his publicity team now claims. Although his reps revealed last week that the 79-year-old comedian, whose sexual assault case ended in a mistrial earlier in June, would be hosting a series of...

Cosby Juror Explains Why He Didn't Believe Accuser

'She went up to his house with a bare midriff and incense and bath salts'

(Newser) - Another Bill Cosby juror has spoken out anonymously, telling the Philadelphia Inquirer that votes were split "up the middle: young and old, black and white, men and women." He blamed that on the language to describe the charges being confusing and "too legal," saying jurors debated...

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