Cosby due in court as lawyers push to get charges dropped

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, file photo, Bill Cosby leaves the Cheltenham Township Police Department where he was processed after being arraigned on a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby’s lawyers will be in court Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, seeking to have the charges dismissed. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, file photo, Bill Cosby leaves the Cheltenham Township Police Department where he was processed after being arraigned on a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby’s lawyers will be in court Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, seeking to have the charges dismissed. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

By Associated Press February 2, 2016 1 min read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A former prosecutor is expected to be a key witness when lawyers for Bill Cosby ask a Pennsylvania judge to dismiss the only criminal case lodged against him.

The defense says Cosby had a deal with former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor that he wouldn’t be charged and should therefore testify in his accuser’s 2005 civil lawsuit.

The 78-year-old Cosby admitted in the testimony that he gave the woman three pills before engaging in what he calls consensual sex acts at his Philadelphia-area home.

Cosby’s recently released deposition is part of the new evidence that Montgomery County authorities used to file charges in December.

Castor says he made a “non-prosecution” deal with a now-deceased lawyer for Cosby but never put it in writing. He testifies on Tuesday.