Cosby Drops Litigation Against Accuser In Sex Assault Case
Bill Cosby has dropped a lawsuit that argued a confidential settlement agreement was violated by a woman accusing him of sexual assault.
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Bill Cosby has dropped a lawsuit that argued a confidential settlement agreement was violated by a woman accusing him of sexual assault.
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On Thursday, a judged ruled that the Cosby case will continue after his attorneys attempted to have the case dismissed.
Bill Cosby will be back in a Montgomery County courtroom Thursday afternoon for another pretrial hearing, as the comedian battles charges he drugged and raped a woman at his Cheltenham mansion twelve years ago.
Cosby argues that Constand violated their confidential agreement by speaking to police.
A 72-year-old New Hampshire woman who says Bill Cosby raped her in 1965 withdrew her civil defamation lawsuit against the comedian on Friday.
Bill Cosby's lawyers are challenging the use of hearsay evidence at his recent preliminary hearing on sex assault charges and say Pennsylvania prosecutors are trying to "win at all costs."
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The decision was handed down on Tuesday in a Montgomery County courtroom for a preliminary hearing on the sexual assault charges that stem from a 2004 incident at Cosby's Cheltenham Mansion.
The judge ruled the case against Cosby, alleging the sexual assault of Andrea Constand, will go to trial.
While there is the chance Bill Cosby's accuser could take the stand, under Pennsylvania law, the case could move forward with prosecutors simply relying on testimony from detectives based on Andrea Constand's statement to police back in 2005.
Prosecutors had declined to charge Cosby over Constand's complaint in 2005, but arrested him in December.
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Prosecutors, though, may instead rely on Andrea Constand's police statement under an in-flux Pennsylvania ruling meant to spare victims the ordeal of repeated court appearances.
The actor-comedian asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to review last week's decision by an appeals court that upheld the case.
Cosby will appear May 24 in a Pennsylvania courthouse to face charges over a 2004 encounter at his home with a then-Temple University employee.
The mid-level state Superior Court ruled Monday that the criminal sex-assault case against Cosby can proceed.
Constand's lawyer Dolores Troiani says Cosby is using the court system to try to intimidate witnesses.
Cosby admits to several affairs in the deposition and says he obtained prescription sedatives to give to women he hoped to seduce.
More than 40 women have accused TV legend Cosby, 78, of sexually assaulting them over four decades.
Janice Dickinson shouted "Victory!" as her attorney hoisted the model's hand in the air after a judge ruled that her defamation case against Bill Cosby can proceed.
Bill Cosby's preliminary hearing in a criminal sex-assault case is on hold while a Pennsylvania appeals court considers his effort to have the case thrown out before trial.
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