NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale is rescinding the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby, joining numerous other universities in revoking honors following the comedian’s sexual assault conviction. Yale announced Tuesday that the university’s board of trustees had voted to rescind the honorary degree it awarded Cosby in 2003. The school says it’s committed to […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury that will start deliberating Bill Cosby’s fate on Tuesday has heard the comedian described over the past two weeks both as a “serial rapist” and a con artist’s victim. They have seen a parade of accusers testify that the man once revered as “America’s Dad” had a secret life […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors weren’t allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby’s chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn’t stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion. With Cosby’s sexual assault retrial […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s lawyers are scrambling to make sure jurors at his sexual assault retrial hear from accuser Andrea Constand‘s confidante before deliberations get underway next week — but they’re having trouble getting the woman to cooperate. Sheri Williams isn’t responding to subpoena attempts, Cosby’s lawyers said. Now they’re seeking a judge’s […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s chief accuser could have been made woozy either by the cold and allergy medicine Benadryl or by quaaludes, a prosecution expert testified Thursday at the comedian’s sexual assault retrial. The identity of the pills that Cosby gave Andrea Constand before a 2004 sexual encounter at his home has been […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The first accuser to testify at Bill Cosby‘s retrial described the comedian as “a serial rapist” Wednesday, stunning the courtroom as she parried with his lawyers. In her second day on the witness stand, Heidi Thomas, a Colorado music teacher, told jurors she came forward with her allegations in early 2015 […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby‘s lawyer launched a blistering courtroom attack on the comedian’s accuser Tuesday, branding her a con artist whose goal was “money, money and lots more money.” Tom Mesereau told jurors in his opening statement at the former TV star’s sex-assault trial that Andrea Constand wasn’t attracted to Cosby but was […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault retrial won’t hear why the case was initially dropped four weeks after his accuser came forward in 2005. Judge Steven O’Neill sided with prosecutors Friday in ruling that ex-District Attorney Bruce Castor’s opinions are irrelevant. O’Neill also barred mention of a 2015 election that Castor […]
