PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s defense attorney in his sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury wants off the case before a retrial that’s scheduled to begin in November. Lead defense lawyer Brian McMonagle of Philadelphia filed documents Tuesday seeking to withdraw as Cosby’s counsel. He says Cosby is taking steps to secure […]
Uh oh, there’s bad news for Bill Cosby. Lawyers for the Cos were unsuccessful in having the sexual assault charges against him dismissed. A Philadelphia area judge ruled the 78-year-old entertainer will have to go to trial. Wednesday evening, Judge Steven O’Neill ruled that there was “no basis to grant the relief request” by the attorneys, […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s attraction to Andrea Constand began the moment he spied her across a Temple University gym in about 2002. The flirting — some would say grooming — began almost immediately. When Constand, a Temple women’s basketball staffer, mentioned that her back was bothering her, the 66-year-old comedian offered his “layman’s” fix […]
The legal drama that entertainer Bill Cosby has endured of late continues to mount, but there was a bit of a reprieve on Thursday. A federal judge moved to throw out a civil suit filed against Cosby, although there are dozens of other accusers awaiting their day for justice. The defamation lawsuit was filed by […]
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The California State University system has become the latest to take back an honorary degree from Bill Cosby. The Board of Trustees voted Friday to revoke an honorary doctorate given to Cosby by Cal Poly Pomona in 1992. The Cal State board said in a statement that it was revoking an […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Thursday temporarily halted an order requiring Bill Cosby and his former attorney to give sworn testimony in a defamation lawsuit filed by model Janice Dickinson. The order Thursday by the 2nd District Court of Appeal puts plans to depose the comedian and his longtime attorney on […]
Let it be known that Sofia Vergara is not among those who were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby. Responding to claims from the Spanish radio show El Candela that she “could’ve been one of Cosby’s victims,” the “Modern Family” star slammed the show, which weighed in on a recently resurfaced interview Vergara did with Cosby […]
Three more women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault appeared at a press conference Wednesday to speak publicly about their alleged ordeals, reports The Wrap. At a press conference in attorney Gloria Allred’s Los Angeles office, the women — identified as Linda Ridgeway Whitedeer, Colleen Hughes and Eden Tirl — detailed at length how they […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art says that if she had been aware of sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, she wouldn’t have moved forward with an exhibit featuring artworks owned by the comedian and his wife. In a first-person piece in “The Root” online magazine Wednesday, Johnnetta […]
”He is a kind, giving, very special human being. That’s all I know him for,” says entertainer Melba Moore, when speaking with a TMZ videographer. Though she may not be as relevant as she once was, the legendary entertainer who turned heads in the late 60s and 70s says she still has nothing but love […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The accuser in the only sex assault case that Bill Cosby has settled is questioning his self-proclaimed ability to “read” women’s cues in sexual situations. Andrea Constand‘s lawyer notes in a court filing Tuesday that Cosby didn’t recognize the Temple University employee he befriended was gay. Constand testified she was dating a […]
Roland Martin talks to Bill Cosby‘s lawyer Monique Pressley about the allegations against the famed comedian/actor in where over 30 women are alleging that Cosby sexually assaulted them. So where does the case stands now? Read the transcript of the interview below: ROLAND MARTIN: Tom, it’s been a crazy last couple of weeks. Ever […]
