American comedian Bill Cosby has been the subject of allegations of published sexual violence, with the earliest known incidents of the mid-1960s. She has been accused by many women of rape, sexually facilitated drug violence, sexual batteries, child sexual abuse, and sexual harassment. The alleged assault on him became more common after a stand-up routine by comedian Hannibal Buress became viral in October 2014, offensive to Cosby's disguised behavior; therefore, many additional claims are made. The date of the alleged incident has stretched from 1965 to 2008 in ten US states and one province in Canada.
Cosby has defended his innocence and repeatedly denied the allegations against him. He was asked about the charges in November 2014 and replied, "I'm not talking about it!". He refused to publicly discuss the allegations in past interviews, though he told Florida Today that "people do not have to go through it and do not have to answer to the satire". In May 2015, he said, "I've been in this business for 52 years and I've never seen anything like this, reality is a situation and I can not speak."
Following these allegations, many organizations have severed ties with the comedian, and the awards and titles previously granted have been revoked. The Cosby Show and other television programs featuring Cosby have also been pulled from syndication by many media organizations. Twenty-five colleges and universities have canceled his honorary title. Adweek reporter Jason Lynch notes that "the media landscape has greatly changed - and has now joined the social arena of remotely-forgiving".
Most of the alleged actions are beyond the statute of limitations for criminal proceedings, but criminal charges have been filed against Cosby in one case and many civil lawsuits have been filed against him. As of November 2015, eight civil litigations were actively involved against him. Gloria Allred represents 33 of the alleged victims. In July 2015, several court records were sealed and released publicly from Andrea Constand's 2005 civil lawsuit against Cosby. The full transcript of the deposition was also released to the media by the court reporting service. In his testimony, Cosby confessed to having free sex involving the use of hypnotic methaqualone recreation (Quaaludes) with a series of young women, and she admitted that her prescription drug spending was illegal.
In December 2015, three Class II crime claims against a suggestive offensive strike were filed against Cosby in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on the charge of Constand on an incident in January 2004. Cosby's first attempt in June 2017 ended with a cancellation of the hearing. Cosby was found guilty of three allegations of indecent assault on a re-trial on April 26, 2018, and he faces up to ten years in prison and a $ 25,000 fine for each count. Cosby's lawyer, Thomas Mesereau, plans to file an appeal.
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Of the many other allegations against Cosby, the earliest date claimed was December 1965; Kristina Ruehli accused Cosby of drugging and assaulting her in her home in Beverly Hills during that time. Ruehli alleged that at the time, he told his girlfriend about the incident, and also claimed that she later told her daughter about the alleged encounter in the 1980s. However, he did not talk about it in public until 2005, when he advanced in the case of Andrea Constand as Jane Doe # 12.
In the early 1980s, Joan Tarshis told freelance journalist John Milward about Cosby's alleged sexual assault. Milward did not write about the allegations. In 1996, Playmate Playmate Victoria Valentino gave a video interview in which she made sexual assault charges against Cosby. Interviews were conducted for exposÃÆ' Â © on the life of the Playboy model, which was never published.
After the accusations reappeared in 2014, Wendy Williams recalled that during her radio show in 1990, she made reference to allegations of sexual assault on Cosby that had been published in the National Enquirer . Williams said Cosby called his boss in the middle of a radio broadcast demanding that Williams be fired.
Further allegations and investigations (2000-2006)
On February 1, 2000, according to a statement given by Detective Jose McCallion of the New York District Attorney-General's Bureau of Justice, 20-year-old Lachele Covington at the time filed a criminal suit against Cosby stating that on January 28, 2000, In his Manhattan, Cosby had tried to put his hand on his pants and then expose himself. Covington also alleges that Cosby grabbed her breasts and tried to put her hand on her pants at home. Cosby was questioned and insisted "it's not right". The police referred the complaint to D.A., but they refused to prosecute.
In January 2004, Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, accused Cosby of sedating and seducing her; However, in February 2005, Montgomery County District Attorney said there would be no fees because there was not enough credible and acceptable evidence. Konstand then filed a civil suit in March 2005, with thirteen women as potential witnesses if the case was brought to justice. Cosby quit the court for an undisclosed amount in November 2006. After learning that the allegations were not pursued in the Constand case, California lawyer Tamara Lucier Green, the only woman publicly named in the previous case, filed an allegation in February 2005 that Cosby had anesthetized and attacked her in the 1970s. Cosby's lawyer said that Cosby did not know her and the incident did not happen.
In a July 2005 interview in Philadelphia 2005, Beth Ferrier, one of the anonymous "Jane Doe" witnesses in the Constand case, alleges that in 1984, Cosby had anesthetized his coffee and he woke up in some clothes. deleted. In 2005, Shawn Upshaw Brown, a woman with whom Cosby claimed to have an extramarital affair in 1970, stated in the National Enquirer that Cosby was anesthetized and raped her the last time the two were sexually together.. Brown is the mother of Autumn Jackson, who claims to be a bastard of Cosby. Jackson was convicted in 1997 for blackmail after he threatened to make public claims in the Globe tabloid. In 2015, Brown goes into more detail with new allegations in an interview for The Daily Mail .
On June 9, 2006, Philadelphia magazine published an article by Robert Huber providing graphic details about Constand's allegations, and similar stories told by Green and Ferrer about how they claimed they were also sexually sedated and sexually abused. With this harsh accusation against Cosby, Huber wrote: "His lawyers have pushed him back, down, and maybe it will not mean anything, but there is also the possibility that it will overflow to destroy it." The article was titled Dr. Huxtable & amp; Mr. Hyde, in reference to someone who has two very different "Jekyll & amp; Hyde" personalities. The article also presents Barbara Bowman, who has advanced after reading about Constand's story, saying that she can not sit still any longer. Details of allegations of narcotics and similar sexual violence from Bowman were published in the November 1st issue of the magazine. He reported two incidents that occurred around the beginning of 1986 where he was 18 years old working as an aspiring model and actress after his agent had introduced him to Cosby and he had become his best friend and mentor, saying that he escaped his assault, returned home to Denver and Cosby subvert his career. Say comments (October 2014)
On October 16, 2014, as part of a stand-up comedy routine in Philadelphia, Hannibal Buress discussed Cosby's legacy of "talk" to young black men about their dress and lifestyle. Buress criticized the actor's public moralization by saying, "Yes, but you raped the woman, Bill Cosby, so it took you to a few notches." The audience appears to respond to Buress's allegations as an unreasonable joke before he encourages everyone to "Google 'Bill Cosby rape'" when they get home. Buress had been using the same Cosby routine for the previous six months with little response, but the October performance news spread quickly after being posted on the Philadelphia website. Media coverage is on the rise, with many publications addressing the question of how Cosby managed to maintain, as Buress said in his routine, a "teflon picture" despite more than a decade of public sexual harassment allegations.
Shortly after, USA Today reported that Cosby or his representative posted a Twitter followers request for "Please. The tweet was removed after a large number of memes were sent referring to allegations of sexual harassment against Cosby.
Additional attack charges
After Buress's comments came into focus in November 2014, journalist Joan Tarshis, model Janice Dickinson, actress Louisa Moritz, wife of actor Lou Ferrigno, Carla, Florida nurse Therese Serignese Playboy Playmates Valentino and Sarita Butterfield, actress Michelle Hurd , and 11 other women also made Cosby's alleged alleged offensive against themselves between 1965 and 2004. In addition, the social advocate and television presenter Charlotte Laws wrote an article in November 2014 published by Salon accusing Cosby attacked his friend, with whom he later lost contact. The following month, in the Vanity Fair article, the Beverly Johnson model accused him of being drugged by Cosby during the audition in 1986 and he knows other women with similar accounts.
Cosby's lawyer stated that Dickinson's account was different from the previous accounts he gave about the incident and issued a partial statement saying: "Mr. Cosby does not intend to glorify this accusation with any comment." The follow-up statement dismissed the allegations as "unfounded" and an example of "media libel". The joint statement of Cosby and Constand, who had received a civil settlement in 2006, clarified the statement released a few days earlier by stating that it does not refer to the Constand case, which was resolved several years ago.
In January 2015, Cindra Ladd alleged that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1969. In May 2015, Lili Bernard claimed that Cosby sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s and that she had been interviewed by police in Atlantic City about the allegations. Since the state of New Jersey has no restrictive law for rape, Bernard expects the indictment to be filed, but media reports noted "it is unclear... if what Bernard said happened to him happened in New Jersey."
On July 27, 2015, the cover of New York magazine featured a picture of 35 women seated in seats with the last seat empty, suggesting there may be more undeveloped casualties. The 35 women said "their story about being attacked by Bill Cosby, and a culture that will not listen". Eleven other women known to be New York who allegedly committed a sexual assault by Cosby refused to be photographed and interviewed for the feature. According to Vox, the story unfolds "more than five decades" and "very similar, usually involving comedians offering women a cup of coffee or a kind of alcoholic beverage - which may be spiked with drugs - and allegedly sexually assaulted the victim while he is disabled or unconscious. "
On September 17, 2015, A & amp; E broadcast the Cosby: The Women Speak documentary, a program in which thirteen suspected victims were interviewed. On October 24, nearly 60 women claimed they were sexually abused by Cosby, and the terms "sociopath" and "serial rapist" were used to describe it. Jewell Allison, one of Cosby's accusers, described it as a "sociopath" and declared: "We may see the largest American serial rapist who has ever escaped with this for the longest time, escaping because he hides behind a picture of Cliff Huxtable."
Table of alleged accusers
Cosby has been accused by 60 women of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual batteries, or other sexual behavior. There are also two examples of allegations of child sexual abuse, both involving 15 year old girls. The earliest alleged incidents occurred in the mid-1960s, with the remainder scattered until 2008.
Cosby's lawyer, Marty Singer stated, "There is almost no standard used by the media to detain Mr. Cosby's accuser." "Anyone and everyone who wants to file a lawsuit or appear on television can be guaranteed protection.the same media have shown unlimited disinterest in the truth of the accusers and their motives." The media account cites examples such as the accuser of Chelen Lasha and his lawyer, Gloria Allred; Lasha accused Cosby of sexually assaulting a televised news conference with Allred on December 3, in which Allred demanded Cosby pay $ 100 million in damages for Lasha and other alleged victims. Public records indicate that Lasha has a criminal history back to at least 1988, including a plea of ​​guilt for filing a false report with the police.
Cosby has defended his innocence and has repeatedly denied the allegations. In November 2014, in response to a question about the allegation, Cosby said: "I'm not talking about it." Cosby has refused to publicly discuss the allegations in previous interviews. However, he told Florida Today , "people do not have to go through it and should not answer to sarcasm". In May 2015 he said, "I've been in this business for 52 years and I've never seen anything like this, reality is a situation and I can not speak."
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On July 8, 2015, Constand and his lawyer Dolores Troiani filed a motion to abolish a confidentiality agreement in the 2005 case against Cosby, claiming that Cosby had been involved in a "total abandonment of the secrecy part of the treaty" in a recent way. , denial of all charges against him. A judge decides that releasing a sealed document is justified by Cosby's role as a "public moralist" in contrast to the possibility of his criminal behavior.
Although some files from the Constand case have been sealed, transcripts from some Cosby deposition are not among them. In exchange, The New York Times has been able to obtain a complete waiver of the court reporting services employed by Constand's lawyers, and released the document to the general public. After it was discovered that a deposition transcript was released, Cosby's lawyers filed a new motion in this case on July 21, 2015, confirming that Constand and Troiani might have arranged for the release.
In a court proceeding condemning the release of the deposition, Cosby's lawyers stressed that no testimony actually sealed by the judge stated that he was involved in non-consensual sex or gave anyone Quaaludes without their knowledge or consent. "Reading the media account, someone will conclude that the Defendant has confessed to rape," the document said. "But the Defendant confessed to nothing more than being one of the many people who introduced the Quaaludes into their consensual sex life in the 1970s." Cosby's lawyer further argues that the court reporting service hired by Constand has released a 2005 court transcript to the Times , the previous day, in "mass protocol violations". The court reporter's ethical code prohibits the release of testimony without all the first parties being contacted.
In the deposition, Cosby denies any sexual assault on any woman but admits that she has used tranquilizers to help get their cooperation. He testified that he had obtained Quaaludes from obstetrician Leroy Amar, who knew that Cosby had no intention of taking the drug himself. Cosby even intends to give them the woman she wants to have sex with and confesses that she has given the drug to at least one woman and another. Cosby admits knowing that it is illegal at the time to dispose of the drug to others. Amar will then revoke his medical license in California and New York; he died in 2002.
2015 lawsuit
On December 30, 2015, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Cosby was charged with three counts of indecent assault on Constand as a result of an alleged incident at his home in Cheltenham Township on an unspecified date between mid-January and mid-February 2004 (referred to by coverage media as "January 2004"), according to a very detailed arrest warrant filed on December 15, 2015. This is the first criminal charge as a result of allegations of sexual assault that have been committed by many people. woman against Cosby.
Cosby was indicted that afternoon without applying; the guarantee is set at $ 1 million. Cosby handed over her passport, put up bonds, and escorted to Cheltenham Township police station for ordering, fingerprints, and photographed for mug shot. The allegations were based on Constand's remarks to police about unwanted, though unrelated, sexual intercourse in early 2004 that was first reported to the Durham County Police Service near Constand's home in southern Ontario, Canada on January 13, 2005; the report was forwarded to the authorities in Pennsylvania. On February 17, 2005, the district attorney, Bruce Castor, had issued a statement that the allegations would not be filed at the time.
Constand launched a civil lawsuit against Cosby in 2005 settled by the defendant in July 2006, in secret. Some of the testimony of the case was sealed in July 2015. Based on the details revealed in this testimony, together with a new interview with certain witnesses, the newly elected District Attorney Kevin Steele decided to file a lawsuit by December 30, 2015. The criminal justice document accused that the blue pill, which Benadryl said by Cosby, was given to Constand who also drank wine during the January 2004 incident.
Cosby's lawyer issued the following statement after the indictment: "The allegations... not surprisingly, were filed 12 years after the alleged incident and came in the midst of a very hot election for DA district where this case was made into focus. We intend to place a strong defense against this unjustified accusation and we hope that Mr. Cosby will be released by a court of law. "The lawyer for Cosby, on January 11, 2016, filed a motion to deny allegations of sexual assault stating that Castor's office had promised in 2005 that Cosby will not be prosecuted. In testimony involving Cosby's motion to deny the accusations, Castor defended his decision not to file charges, citing among other things Constand's year-long delay in reporting the allegations, his constant contact with Cosby, suggestions that he and his mother may have tried to blackmail TV stars.
On February 3, 2016, Judge Steven O'Neill decided "there was no basis" to refuse the case based on Cosby's remarks. O'Neill scheduled the preliminary hearing for March 8. On February 12, Cosby's legal team filed a notice of appeal seeking to give their argument before the Pennsylvania High Court. "If Mr. Cosby has successfully appealed, the case will be terminated immediately," they wrote. On March 1, the High Court issued an order to temporarily stay at Cosby's preliminary hearing on March 8 to be able to decide on his appeal to have the case dismissed.
On April 13, 2016, Cosby filed a motion to the High Court to re-seal the deposition of the original Constand suit. His lawyer made the same request in a federal court in Massachusetts before, but the motion was rejected by Judge David H. Hennessy, who likened efforts to put "toothpaste back into the tube", because Cosby's testimony had been news for the moon. On April 25, the High Court announced that they refused to listen to Cosby's appeal for canceling the case, raised temporary trials from pre-trial trials, and sent the case back to the original court. At a preliminary hearing on May 24, a judge found that there was ample evidence to continue the trial, despite the fact that Konstand did not testify, which was allowed under Pennsylvania law. He set a pre-trial hearing for 6 September. Cosby appealed this decision based on the belief his legal team had the right to cross check the accuser; he lost in this appeal on 12 October. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced it would review state law in a separate case, where Cosby's top lawyer, Brian McMonagle, said that he would try and add Cosby's case in hopes it was discarded. On September 6, 2016, Judge Steven O'Neill set a trial date for June 6, 2017. On April 12, 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to hear Cosby's appeal to question Constand before the trial.
Cosby faces a maximum sentence of fifteen to thirty years in prison if it is proven guilty of the three charges and a fine of up to $ 25,000. The Cosby trial began on June 5, 2017, and ended with the cancellation of the hearing on June 17.
Judith Huth
On December 16, 2014, after a 10-day investigation, Los Angeles prosecutors refused to file a lawsuit against Cosby after Judith Huth claimed the comedian had kidnapped her around 1974 at the Playboy Mansion. Huth met with Los Angeles police detective for 90 minutes. In rejecting the case, the prosecutor evaluated the allegations that Cosby would face in 1974. The prosecutor considered a legislative change that extended the law of limitations for a particular crime but did not find that Cosby could be prosecuted legally.
Lili Bernard
On April 30, 2015, Cuban-American visual artist Lili Bernard filed a sexual assault on Cosby in New Jersey, a country that has no restriction laws for sexual assault. On July 1, 2015, the prosecutor refused to prosecute Cosby for alleged infringement prior to 1996 (the year the law was amended to withdraw the restrictive legislation).
Chloe Goins
From July to October 2015, the Los Angeles Police Department conducted a criminal investigation into Cosby's alleged sexual assault against Chloe Goins's 18-year-old model. The following day, in a statement to ABC News, the LAPD said it would investigate allegations of sexual assault on Cosby, including allegations that the restriction law had expired, and referred the case to the County DA's office.
As with almost all other cases of alleged sexual harassment by Cosby, the statute of limitations has ended in this 2008 case, according to most experts. Nevertheless, an investigation into Goins' allegations was opened as "LAPD officials say there are many reasons to investigate allegations of sexual assault that fall outside the legal deadline.An old charge can direct researchers to newer incidents with other victims" and Goins will be allowed to witness if the indictment is entered into another (later) case.
Former attorney Cosby Martin Singer said he would provide documentary evidence to Los Angeles police who founded Cosby in New York on August 9, 2008, the date of the incident alleged by Goins.
On January 6, 2016, the Los Angeles District Prosecutor's Office announced that no charges were charged because they were "blocked by statute of limitations or lacked sufficient evidence".
Criminal and trial process # 1
On September 6, 2016, Judge Steven T O'Neill set a trial date in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. William H. Cosby Jr. , in which Cosby is on trial for three counts of compoundedness. indecent attack on Andrea Constand. O'Neill set the trial date of June 5, 2017. The judge ruled that Cosby was blind and that he may require special accommodation during the trial.
On October 6, 2016, Cosby continued his efforts to issue a case of sexual violence, arguing that his legal process right was violated. On November 16, 2016, O'Neill rejected the motion.
Cosby faced a maximum sentence of fifteen to thirty years in prison if it proved guilty of all three charges and a fine of up to $ 25,000.
Pretrial movement
Evidence of movement
On September 6, 2016, the prosecutor filed a motion to introduce another 13 accused to show the method of operation. Cosby opposed the motion. On February 24, 2017, O'Neill decides that only one of the other accusers the prosecutor wants to point out is the pattern of criminal sexual behavior that Cosby allegedly would be allowed to testify.
The prosecutor's office also moves to introduce evidence of a recording of a conversation between Constand's mother Gianna Constand and Cosby discussing the alleged assault. The defense moved to get deposition from civil deputy Andrea Constand in 2005. The judge said he would decide all these moves later on. On September 16, 2016, O'Neill decided that a recording of a call between Constand's mother and Cosby would be allowed to be played in court. In his decision he said that since the call was recorded in Canada, which considers a legitimate recording with the consent of only one party, it will be accepted. On December 5, 2016, O'Neill decided that the deposition in the Constand civil case and other evidence collected by using it would be allowed into the proceedings.
On March 28, 2017, Cosby's plea filed a motion stating that any mention of any other sexual offenses allegedly committed by Cosby should be excluded and that any acceptance of Cosby in his statements about the use of Quaaludes or other women whom he has sex with must also be excluded. , although the judge ruled earlier that all information in the deposition would be allowed in court. On March 30, 2017, the prosecutor opposed the movement and added that the comments Cosby made in a TV interview with Larry King and in his 1991 book Childhood of his search for "Spanish Fly" indicated that he was aware of rape drugs date and that this should also be included in the trial as evidence.
On April 28, 2017, O'Neill decided that the use of "Spanish Fly" and other material from Cosby's Jury selection
On December 30, 2016, the Cosby defense team filed a motion for a change of venue and sought a jury selection from a larger pool outside the area, arguing that any local jury would be polluted given Cosby's negative media coverage. On January 5, 2017, the prosecutor, writing that the trial should remain in Montgomery County, but that they would not object if a jury took from outside the area.
On February 27, 2017, O'Neill decided that he would allow a jury from outside the area but the trial would remain in Montgomery County; he also decided that the jury would be exiled.
On March 13, 2017, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court issued Allegheny County's one-paragraph arrangement as the territory where the jury will be elected. Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, is the second most populous state.
In March 2017, the defense asked the court to summon 2,000 people as jurors. They want to send prospective jurors to prospective judges so that lawyers can sift the field of prospective jurors. The prosecutor's office objected to Cosby's request for the number of judges to be questioned, the way they would be elected, and the term for the jury selection, saying that Cosby was trying to get special treatment.
On April 11, 2017, O'Neill deny defense movements to examine the jury and decide that jury elections will begin on May 22 in Pittsburgh using regular legal procedures and lasts up to one week. There will be 12 jury and 6 alternatives. O'Neill also denied the defense request for additional attacks.
On May 24, 2017, the jury selection process is complete. The jury consists of one black woman, one black male, six white men, four white women and six substitutes.
Jane Doe No. 6
Jane Doe No. 6 is a witness to the prosecution and he is the only one of 13 Jane Whether it is O'Neil allowed to testify. She is a black woman who advanced in January 2015 under the alias "Kacey". She claims that in 1996 Cosby gave her medicine and wine and sexually assaulted her.
Racial bias claims
In a press appearance after the trial in September 2016, Cosby's lawyers claimed for the first time that racial bias was blamed for alleged sexual harassment of their clients. Some prominent criminal defense lawyers, such as Mark Geragos and Carl E. Douglas, argue that this statement may be an attempt to influence prospective jurors.
The defense criticizes lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents some of Cosby's accusers, stating that the "Allred" campaign against Mr. Cosby is based on racial and prejudice bias that can pollute the court of public opinion. "Allred responded by calling the" desperate "claim.He said that Cosby" complained about racial bias, but what about the African American woman I represent who accused her of sexual assault or rape and who refused to remain silent about what they said they had suffering? "and" This is not a matter of racial bias. Rather, it is a matter of whether or not Mr. Cosby has committed gender sexual violence. "
Declaration of cancellation
On June 17, 2017, O'Neill stated that the judges were "hopelessly hopeless" and announced the cancellation of the trial. Reports indicate that the jury is deadlocked in a 10-2 vote in favor of the cosby convicted on count 1 (digital penetration without consent) and 3 (drugged without consent or consent), and 11-1 supports release on count 2 (which Konstand is unconscious or unconscious during the alleged attack).
In a report by NBC News reporter Tracy Connor, an anonymous jury stated that when the jury first told the judge that they were deadlocked, on June 15, the votes on three counts were 7-5, 5-7, and 5- 6 with one abstention. Two days later, the vote on one of the counts is 10-2, but then some jurors change their minds, making it more divided again. It is described as a 'true impasse'. On June 23, a jury told CNN that the jury's deadlock was largely due to the confusion over conflicting statements made by Andrea Constand during the testimony. The jury, speaking anonymously, also stated that prosecutors presented "no real new evidence".
Prosecutors announced on the same day as the cancellation of the trial that they intend to retake the case.
Criminal and trial # 2
On July 6, 2017, Judge O'Neill set the trial date of November 6, 2017 for Cosby's second trial, he also said that both the defense and prosecution should ask jury selection questions by October 30, 2017. This was later postponed because Cosby changed the lawyer. On September 15, 2017, Judge O'Neill set a new trial date 2 April 2018.
Attorney changes and trial settings
On August 22, 2017, Judge O'Neil granted Cosby's request to change the lawyer. Cosby will now be represented by Thomas Mesereau, who is the primary lawyer in the 2005 release at child abuse court Michael Jackson. Kathleen Bliss and Lane Vines will also represent Cosby. The judge also agreed to postpone the trial until at least March 2018 and accept a new lawyer request to keep the local trial not a place change like the first trial.
Main moves
In January 2018, the prosecutor requested that 19 other alleged victims be allowed to testify to show the same pattern of behavior, permitted under Pennsylvania law. The last defense filed a motion to have his case canceled, alleging that Constand did not make a phone call when he said he did so. The defense also requested that a former colleague be allowed to testify to the fact that he said that Constand told him that he could fabricate a story about wrong sexual behavior and then sue someone for it. The defense also requested that the case be dismissed for prosecution and claimed that the restriction law had expired as well.
Guilty verdict
On April 26, 2018, a jury found Bill Cosby guilty of three counts of indecent assault on Andrea Constand. Montgomery County district attorney Kevin Steele asked at this point that Cosby's $ 1 million bail was revoked, indicating he had a private plane and could escape. This sparked a burst of outrage from Cosby, who shouted, "He does not have a plane, you bastard!"; Cosby ultimately did not decide the risk of flight. The three allegations are serious crimes, punishable up to 10 years in each state prison and up to a maximum of $ 25,000 each. Cosby's lawyers have stated that they "definitely" plan to appeal the allegations.
Civil lawsuit against Cosby
On November 13, 2015, there were nine lawsuits pending against Cosby. Huth and Goins are both suing the actor for damages related to their alleged sexual assault. Although restrictive legislation has been exhausted for most other accusers to sue directly for their alleged assaults, some of the accusers have filed libelous lawsuits claiming that Cosby has been continuing to call them liars throughout 2014. Dickinson, Hill, Ruehli, and McKee has filed an individual lawsuit. Green, Serignese, Traitz, Bowman, Tarshis, Moritz, and Leslie were also involved in a joint lawsuit against Cosby. Most of the current lawsuits are pending criminal proceedings. Some were still allowed to file motions and depose witnesses, with the exception of Cosby himself. However, most judges indicate that a civil trial will not take place until after a criminal trial is held.
In 2005, Constand sued Cosby. The parties resolved the case with a secret requirement in 2006. In July 2015, after part of the sealed deposition was released, Cosby released a statement stating that "the only reason" why he settled "is because it would be embarrassing in the future it's to put all the women in the pulpit, and his family has no clue ". During the summer of 2015, the law team of Cosby and lawyer Constand Troiani filed a motion accusing others of violating the confidentiality agreement that was part of the 2006 settlement. The main problem alleged by Cosby is that a court reporter released a complete transcript of his deposition, blaming Troiani for his actions and sanctioned Troiani. A federal judge has dismantled portions of evidence from the 2005 lawsuit, but that does not include Cosby's remarks made under oath.
The importance of deposition availability is that it contains the recognition Cosby made about his tactics in dealing with other women, including the use of "strong sedatives [including Quaaludes] in pursuit of young women," according to a Summary of the New York Times. A transcript of the full testimony is obtained by the Times of the court reporting service, where it is publicly available. The importance of the availability of Cosby's deposition from the Constand case is that the plaintiff in another case against Cosby, like Green, et al. a defamation suit, may be permitted by the judge to use the contents of the transcript as evidence now because the content is already widely publicly available.
Thirty-three accusers are represented by Allred. One of the accusers, Dickinson, was represented by Allred's daughter, Lisa Bloom. On December 11, 2015, Allred stated in an interview with Philadelphia magazine that more allegations of victims would come to the fore. She said, "More and more women are contacting me who have not spoken publicly, some of whom may have done so in the future and some have chosen not to do so They want me to know the information they have that will help us and our victims. There must be more women who want to talk in the future who accuse them of being Mr. Cosby's victims. "
Andrea Constand
Konstand filed a civil suit in March 2005, with thirteen women as potential witnesses if the case was brought to justice. Cosby quit the court for an undisclosed amount in November 2006. In July 2005's July Daily News interview, Beth Ferrier, one of the anonymous "Jane Doe" witnesses in the Constand case, alleges that in 1984 Cosby anesthetized his coffee and he woke up with his clothes partially removed. Upon learning that the indictment was not pursued in this case, Green, the only woman publicly named in the previous case, appeared with allegations in February 2005 that Cosby had anesthetized and assaulted him in the 1970s. Cosby's lawyer said that he did not know her and the incident did not happen. It was revealed in 2018, in a motion filed in Cosby's second criminal trial, that Cosby had settled with Constand for $ 3.5 million. Tamara Green, et al. Tamara Green, et al.
Green filed a lawsuit against Cosby and his deputy in December 2014, claiming that the persistent refusal of openly labeling him a liar, resulting in defamation. Green demands are filed in Cosby state in Massachusetts. In January 2015, the lawsuit was amended to allow fellow accusers Traitz and Serignese to be added as plaintiffs. Martin Singer has released a statement specifically targeting Traitz after he posted the allegations against Cosby on Facebook in November, calling his story "ridiculous," "unreasonable," and "nonsense." No such denials are revealed explicitly in Serignese, but he claims a sweeping denial against all Cosby's accusers including him and has damaged his reputation as well.
On October 20, 2015, AIG filed a legal document to try to remain in litigation, pending a court statement whether the insurer has an obligation to defend Cosby and pay any damages actually won. AIG Property Casualty Company claims that Cosby's policy does not cover the obligations he currently faces in the lawsuit - but they still have financed the Cosby defense "at a considerable cost".
On November 13, 2015, it was reported that four more women - Bowman, Tarshis, Moritz, and Leslie - had joined the suit as an additional plaintiff. Bowman, Tarshis, and Leslie are represented by Chicago lawyer Michael Bressler. The lawyer for Cosby declined to comment. On December 14, Cosby filed a lawsuit for defamation against all the plaintiffs, claiming that they had been "malicious, opportunistic and false accusations and slandering sexual offenses against him". He also claimed each of the defendants "consciously publish false statements and allegations". Cosby asked the court to give her unspecified compensation and to ask for a public retreat to be made by women.
On February 19, 2016, Cosby's wife Camille was ousted by the plaintiff after failing to stop the deposition. US Judge Mark G. Mastroianni decided that he could refuse to answer questions about a private conversation with her husband. A transcript of the "highly controversial" deposition was released in May 2016; Camille relied heavily on the privilege of marriage for refusing to answer many questions. The deposition was interrupted twice as the so-called US District Judge David H. Hennessy to settle the dispute. After the deposition was stopped, the court ordered Camille to sit down for the second deposition.
The lawyer representing the alleged victim plans to dismiss Quincy Jones, who, as a friend and collaborator of Cosby for more than 50 years, may have important information for the plaintiff's case. In addition to Jones, the plaintiff intends to overthrow or summon documents from William Morris Endeavor, former Cosby lawyer, Singer and Schmitt, and his publicist David Brokaw.
On March 21, 2016, Judge Anita Brody gave some access to the file of Constand's lawyer case, although he settled in a secret agreement with Cosby in 2006. However, Brody restricted the release of the case file to material relating to the seven female plaintiffs and other witnesses. On September 28, Cammaratta filed a motion stating that Cosby broke the rules of civil procedure. The motion asks the judge to decide that Cosby is personally liable for defamation spoken by his spokesperson and the publication of the material; and that he should also be responsible for causing the plaintiffs' emotional pressure from these comments.
Janice Dickinson
Dickinson filed a similar defamation suit against Cosby in May 2015, filed in California. According to Bloom, "Calling Dickinson, a liar is a slanderous statement under the law... and that's what Bill Cosby made." The subsequent court files include sworn statements from friends and colleagues confirming that Dickinson has provided consistent stories over the years about his alleged harassment. Pablo Fenjves, Dickinson's shadow writer and former ReganBooks president Judith Regan, both stated that Dickinson filed his allegations for his autobiography in 2002, but they were not included in the book because ReganBooks parent company HarperCollins feared being sued by Cosby..
On November 2, 2015, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Debre Katz Weintraub decided that Cosby and Singer should provide deposition despite their attempts to disqualify the case (Singer is not named as the defendant in this case). The verdict stated that the Dickinson lawyers could only find the answer to whether the denials were malicious, and Cosby and Singer could demand the client-attorney privilege and refused to answer a few questions. Singer is scheduled to be ousted on November 19 in Los Angeles, with Cosby deposition taking place on November 23 in Boston. On November 12, the California appeals court temporarily suspended orders that required them to testify. Both parties are required to provide information at the end of the month to state their case of why or why not deposition should proceed. "We are confident that after the Court of Appeals heard a full argument on those issues will allow the approval of Mr. Cosby and his lawyers to move forward," Bloom wrote in an email. Singer announced that he plans to "pursue claims against Janice Dickinson and Lisa Bloom after I won in this action."
Dickinson subsequently altered her complaint to Singer's name as a co-defendant, stating that after he made his allegations on CNN, he prepared four press releases to deny that Cosby was drugged and raped, and summoned allegations of "made" and "an outrageously libelous" lie. The singer was later replaced as Cosby's advisor by Christopher Tayback of Quinn Emanuel. In February 2016, Judge Weintraub was given a motion by the defense to dismiss Singer as a defendant in a lawsuit. On March 29, Weintraub denied Cosby's motion to cancel the case, allowing the case to proceed to the jury. Shortly after the verdict, Dickinson said, "I want Bill Cosby in court, I want him to stand under oath."
On November 21, 2017, in a big blow for Cosby and Singer, the California appellate court overturned two other court decisions to remove Singer as a joint defendant and add it back. In their verdict, they claimed that the Singer and Cosby anti-SLAPP movements were powerless. In March 2018, after a recent attempt to get the case against Cosby and Singer was dismissed, the California Supreme Court refused to intervene and heard arguments about the case.
Judith Huth
In December 2014, Huth filed a lawsuit that declared a sexual assault in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion when she was 15 years old. This is one of two active lawsuits against Cosby who directly accused of sexual assault. Although the incident occurred more than forty years earlier, California law allows victims of child sexual abuse who allegedly took their case forward as an adult. Cosby fought Huth and his lawyer, Marc Strecker, for legal fees. Cosby's lawyers argue that Huth and her lawyers are involved in extortion attempts before filing a lawsuit. Claim the singer made in the demurrer notice. He is also looking for sanctions against Huth and Strecker.
On August 4, 2015, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Cosby to give a sworn statement in the lawsuit. Another judge refused to reject Huth's suit against Cosby and required him to grant a deposition, which was held on October 9 in Boston and lasted 7.5 hours; no further details are published. The deposition was sealed until at least December 22, 2015. Allred announced that he would try to overthrow Cosby again.
Huth is scheduled to give a deposition to Cosby's lawyer on January 29, 2016. However, On March 30, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig D. Karlan granted a temporary suspension of Cosby's second deposition and any further denial of Huth. Judge Karlan, however, decided that the two sides could continue deposition of others. Allred said he and his partner John West planned to take deposition from other women who claimed they had been abused by Cosby when they were underage, and others. Allred is scheduled to give Hill deposition, which has claimed Cosby sexually assaulted him when he was 16, on April 8. Allred also announced that he would topple Hugh Hefner in April as well.
On April 14, 2016, Cosby's lawyers filed a motion to reject Huth's lawsuit claiming that she altered her timeline of "delayed invention" from psychological injury or a disease related to alleged harassment. On April 26, Judge Kaplan refused to dismiss most of Huth's claims; However, he rejected the claim of "negligent of emotional distress". "The court is at this time unwilling to reject the plaintiff's claim to potentially gamble against the defendant based on an error caused by his former counsel," Karlan wrote. Allred said, "We are very pleased that the Court agrees and we will continue to strive for a fair outcome for our clients." Cosby's spokeswoman, Monique Pressley, did not immediately comment on the decision.
On September 20, 2016, it was revealed that one of the thirteen prosecution witnesses in a criminal trial was allegedly a victim of Cosby Margie Shapiro. Allred filed a motion in Huth's civil case to make Shapiro postponed until after a criminal trial. Allred said he believes the defense will try to use deposition against Shapiro to find a mismatch in the upcoming trial. Cosby, Angela Agrusa's lawyer, opposes this movement. On June 27, 2017, Judge Kaplan set a trial start date for July 30, 2018.
Chloe Goins
On October 6, 2015, Goins filed a lawsuit against Cosby. In her complaint, she states that Cosby has attacked her, causing her to suffer from "emotional distress," "psychiatric trauma," and her educational disturbance. Lawyer Goins, Spencer Kuvin, said his client's number one priority was that the truth was out and Cosby was prosecuted criminally. Singer said he would provide documentary evidence to the LAPD Cosby founded in New York on August 9, 2008, the date of the alleged incident. Although the prosecutor's office has considered filing a criminal suit, the indictment was dropped because the restriction law was over and lack sufficient evidence.
In February 2016, Goins rejected his lawsuit without prejudice. In May 2016, he restored the lawsuit, adding Hefner as the defendant. The judge denied the request of Cosby to dismiss and arrange the trial to commence in June 2018.
Bukit Renita
Hill claims that Cosby gave her a little part on television, funded her college education and promised to help her career, all while sporadically sexually violating her from 1983 to 1987. In October 2015 she filed a libel suit against Cosby, Singer and Camille Cosby, accused of defamation, false light, and the deliberate suffering of emotional distress. Cosby's lawyer moved the case from state court to federal court and moved the court to dismiss the lawsuit in late December 2015, arguing that Cosby's refusal was an opinion protected by the First Amendment. Hill's lawyer replied that Cosby's rejection was a publicized fact and was therefore defamatory and not covered by First Amendment protection.
The US District Court dismissed a "prejudice" suit in January 2016, which means that the lawsuit can not be re-filed. Judge Arthur Schwab ruled that the statements made by Cosby and his lawyers were opinions protected by the First Amendment. In April 2016, Hill appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Kristina Ruehli
On November 9, 2015, Ruehli filed a libel suit against Cosby for refuting her rape claim. Ruehli's allegations against Cosby date back furthest, with claims that he assaulted him in 1965. He claims Cosby's fiery rejection of many of the accusers by 2014 is the reason for defamation. The complaint states, in part, "It is one thing for a sexual assault defendant to remain silent and allow legal proceedings, or public opinion, to carry out his duties, but it is another thing for him to release his agents to refuse that he attacked the plaintiff and another woman, invite others to republish his statements, and brand them as unreliable liars. "In an account from The New York Times, Ruehli has dismissed his lawsuit without prejudice on June 24, 2016.
Katherine McKee
On December 22, 2015, McKee, a former boyfriend of the late entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., Cosby sued for libel over claims that he and his lawyer had made about the suspicions raped by Cosby in Detroit hotel room in the early 1970s. Mastroianni judge ruled out a lawsuit on February 16, 2017. McKee appealed, but a federal appeals court refused to reverse the decision Masroianni to dismiss the complaint on December 18, 2017. On October 8, 2017, the appeal was dismissed McKee returned; Judge Sandra Lynch quotes "McKee takes integrated measures intended to influence public perceptions about whether Cosby is, in fact, a sexual predator," thus making himself a public figure. In January 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit refused to repeat the case in full trial.
Related litigation
Lawsuit against Cosby's lawyer
On November 16, 2015, it was reported that accusers Tamara Green and Barbara Bowman filed a joint lawsuit against John Schmitt, one of Bill Cosby's lawyers. In November 2014, Schmitt released a written statement, "Over the past few weeks, decades, the allegations discredited against Mr. Cosby have reappeared.The fact that they are being repeated does not make them true.Capby does not intend to dignify this accusation with any comments. "This statement was also posted on the front page of Cosby's official website. Green and Bowman argue that this widely circulated statement calls them liars, resulting in emotional distress and other damage.
Insurance coverage insurance
AIG Property Casualty Company, Cosby homeowners insurance, has agreed to take Cosby's legal fees for Tamara Green, et al. the case in Massachusetts, as well as in the case of Janice Dickinson in California, about whether these women were defamed when Cosby's representatives denied the occurrence of sexual misconduct. But the insurer has also filed a lawsuit related to both cases, which aims to free the irresponsible declarator.
Cosby's homeowner's insurance does not cover it for "personal injury", defined in its policy as including "bodily injury"; "Shock, emotional distress, mental injury"; "privacy violation"; and "defamation, slander, or slander". However, the policy contains exclusions for "sexual, physical or mental harassment", setting the stage for a new legal battle that has potential for whether a libel claim about a rejection of sexual harassment is covered.
In September 2015, Cosby filed a motion to reject AIG's lawsuit or postpone the lawsuit. Cosby's lawyers argue that AIG is acting against Cosby's best interests and that fighting the lawsuit from the accuser and his insurance company will drain his resources.
On October 9, 2015, AIG filed a response, calling Cosby's movement "strange and possibly unique in the whole history of American jurisprudence", criticizing Cosby's lawyer for referring to irrelevant law cases from another country, and saying that if a court favored Cosby, it would " be a great waiver of the jurisdiction of this Court, all for no apparent reason ".
On November 13, 2015, California Federal Judge Beverly O'Connell granted Cosby orders to dismiss Dickinson's case and concluded that AIG was obliged to defend. According to him, O'Connell sees the "arising from" exceptions mentioned above and declares ambiguous meanings. "The court found that the Plaintiff's extensive interpretation and the Defendant's narrow interpretation of the 'arising from' is reasonable... Sexually inappropriate infringement can be reasonably read to require that Dickinson's claims only relate to wrong sexual behavior, or that Dickinson's claim is the cause by wrong sexual behavior ", he wrote.
Because the terms are not clearly interpreted to find coverage, Cosby wins. O'Connell provides a second independent reason to find in favor of Cosby. He sees Dickinson's complaint and concludes that there are independent allegations of false sexual behavior. "For example, the accusation that the Defendant 'intentionally anesthetized' Dickinson 'even though he knew that he had been in the rehab center for addiction a few months before' can be reasonably interpreted as independent of sexual errors, and therefore, within the scope of the Policy... Similarly , Dickinson Complaint alleges that the Defendant's statement contains many implications about Dickinson, including the implication that 'Dickinson has copied claims made publicly by other women against the Defendants' and' the implication that the rape of Ms. Dickinson is a lie and that therefore he is a liar '", he wrote. Because the court implements coverage in a "mixed" action, Cosby wins here too, but this ruling does not apply to the Massachusetts case, where AIG and Cosby are still struggling to determine who is responsible. AIG plans to appeal this decision.
A Massachusetts federal judge, Mark G. Mastroianni, refused Cosby's offer to cancel or stop AIG's lawsuit on December 14, 2015. This judge, also responsible for Green et al. slander vs. Cosby, denied the insurance company's move to stop the case.
Gloria Allred vs. Cobb-Marietta Coliseum, et al.
On November 18, 2015, Gloria Allred announced she sued Cobb County, GA; Cobb-Marietta Coliseum; and Michael Taormina for violating his first amendment right when he was denied entry to the Cosby stand-up comedy show on May 2, 2015 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. Allred participates in out-of-place protests, but has also bought tickets to the show. However, local police officers told him that he would be arrested for entering without permission if he entered the theater. Allred said Cosby's team coordinated with security and police to refuse entry to the individual they place on the "agitator" list. Cobb-Marietta Coliseum is the name of the company that organizes the show, and Taormina is the managing director. Police officers are employed by Cobb County.
"Perpetrators should not seize police force (as Bill Cosby's representative did) to exclude individuals from the show because they have a different point of view than the players do," said Allred. He sought a court order to ban what he called "the censorship policy at the reception site".
On September 8, 2016 Allred reached a defensive settlement. They agreed to pay Allred $ 40,000, along with an appointment not to block future customers from attending public events held at the Coliseum.
Andrea Constand vs. Bruce Castor
On October 26, 2015, Andrea Constand filed a federal suit against former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor for defamation. Constand is being represented by the original 2006 Constand vs. Cosby's lawyer, Dolores Troiani.
Cosby's criminal lawyer in Pennsylvania battled a $ 2,500 court-related vow to the former prosecutor y
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