Bill Cosby goes on trial, his legacy and freedom at stake

Bill Cosby accuser confronts the comedian: 'I was very afraid'

Bill Cosby went on trial Monday on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman more than a decade ago, with a prosecutor warning the jury not to fall into the trap of confusing the 79-year-old comedian with the beloved family man he played on TV.

Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial got underway Monday morning with opening statements from both sides. Prosecutors painted him as a sexual predator who took advantage of a woman who viewed him as her mentor by drugging her then sexually assaulting

America's Dad, having been publicly accused of drugging and sexual assault by dozens of women, is for the first time confronting criminal allegations that he drugged and raped a woman. Originally posted on June 5, 2017, at 11:02 a.m.. Updated on June 5 …

Bill Cosby's lawyers open with attack on accusers' credibility

The Latest: Cosby lawyer challenges accuser's memory

(CNN) – All eyes were on Bill Cosby Monday morning when he arrived at a Pennsylvania courthouse arm-in-arm with Keshia Knight Pulliam, the actress who played his youngest television daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on “The Cosby Show.” The embattled actor

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The Latest on the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby (all times local):. 4:45 p.m.. Bill Cosby's lawyer has dug into the 20-year-old memory of a woman who says Bill Cosby drugged and violated her at a Los Angeles hotel bungalow

Bill Cosby Trial: First Witness Breaks Down in Tears, Says Actor Drugged and Sexually Assaulted Her

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Jurors in the Bill Cosby trial heard from the first witness Monday, a woman who testified in tears that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by the comedian in 1996 and who then came under a combative cross-examination from the

Bill Cosby's lawyers open with attack on accusers' credibility

Former "Cosby Show" star Keshia Knight Pulliam lent her support to Bill Cosby in court on Monday because "it's what you do." The actress, who played Cosby's daughter, Rudy, on the hit TV show from 1984 to 1992, said that it wasn't her responsibility to

Cosby Trial: First Witness Kelly Johnson Tells Tearful Story on Stand

Kelly Johnson was a young assistant at the William Morris Agency in the 1990s when Bill Cosby, one of the company's biggest clients at the time, began showing an interest in her. Cosby would call her home to chat, recommend doctors for an ailing … . Prosecutor Kristen Feden has told a Pennsylvania jury that the case is about 'trust, betrayal and the inability to consent' as Bill Cosby's trial got under way. Source: AAP. 6 Jun 2017 - 6:06 AM UPDATED 41 MINS AGO. Bill Cosby's trial for sexual assault opened Monday in Pennsylvania with tearful testimony as prosecutors painted the megastar turned pariah as a sexual predator: one who established trust with his alleged victims before incapacitating them with drugs … . The trial of US comedian and actor Bill Cosby for sexual assault has begun in Pennsylvania. Former university employee Andrea Constand alleges he drugged and molested her in 2004. Mr Cosby, 79, says he is innocent and the encounter was consensual.

Witness In Trial Describes How Bill Cosby Made Sure She Swallowed Pills He Gave Her

NORRISTOWN - Montgomery County's district attorney and the lawyers representing Bill Cosby have been locking horns for about a year and a half leading up to the entertainer's trial, which started today. But they may have come to an agreement on at …

Media groups, including PennLive, seek juror names in Bill Cosby case

More than 18 months after being charged with sexual assault and several attempts at trial delays, Bill Cosby is set to go on trial this week in Philadelphia. Here's what's at stake for the disgraced comedian. WHAT

Bill Cosby accuser confronts the comedian: 'I was very afraid'

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - The first witness in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial said on Monday that the comedian insisted on giving her a white pill to help her "relax" and that she later lost consciousness and was partially clothed when she awoke.