Judge Rules Bill Cosby’s Testimony in Lawsuit Can Be Used at Sex Assault Trial

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In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby pauses during a news conference. Cosbys lawyers were expected to file a response Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, to a defamation lawsuit filed last year in federal court in Massachusetts. Instead, a lawyer for three women already named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed a notice in court saying four new plaintiffs will be added. The amended suit is expected to be filed later Friday.

Posted By: CAReview Editor Dec 7, 2016

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (AP) – A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that damaging testimony Bill Cosby gave in an accuser’s lawsuit can be used at his criminal sex assault trial.

The defense had insisted that Cosby only testified after being promised he wouldn’t be charged in the Andrea Constand case.

Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill concluded Monday that Cosby never had a promise from prosecutors that he could never be charged.

The 79-year-old Cosby acknowledged in the 2006 deposition that he had given young women drugs or alcohol before sexual encounters. He called them consensual, but many of the women say they were drugged and molested.

The ruling on the deposition is one of two key pretrial issues. The judge must also decide if prosecutors can call 13 other accusers.

The release of the deposition testimony last year prompted prosecutors to reopen Constand’s 2005 criminal complaint.

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