PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Latest on Bill Cosby’s pretrial hearing (all times local):
9:05 a.m.
Bill Cosby has arrived at the Pennsylvania courthouse where his lawyers plan to challenge sexual misconduct claims by 13 women against the entertainer.
Cosby’s lawyers say prosecutors are reaching back to the “casting couch” era to round up accusers and build a “stale” sexual assault case against him.
Prosecutors at the pretrial hearing Tuesday will ask the judge to let the other accusers testify to show Cosby drugged and molested young women in a “signature” fashion.
However, defense lawyers say there’s little but hazy memories to go on.
Cosby faces 10 years in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting a former Temple University basketball team manager.
The pretrial hearing is expected to last two days.
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Bill Cosby’s lawyers say prosecutors are reaching back to the “casting couch” era to round up women accusers and build a “stale” sexual assault case against the entertainer.
And they will take a Pennsylvania judge through a time warp on Tuesday to prove their point. They plan to challenge sexual misconduct claims by 13 women that span the freewheeling 1960s, patriotic 1980s and gender-bending 21st century.
Prosecutors at the pretrial hearing will ask the judge to let the other accusers testify to show Cosby drugged and molested young women in a “signature” fashion.
However, defense lawyers note there’s little but hazy memories to go on.
Cosby faces 10 years if convicted of sexually assaulting a former Temple University basketball team manager.
The pretrial hearing is expected to last two days.