Bill Cosby released from prison on a technicality less than three years later
In September 2018, Bill Cosby was sentenced to three-to-ten years in prison for drugging and
Celebs React to Bill Cosby’s Release
Bill Cosby’s Pennsylvania home is about a mile from my home, so the town was
Bill Cosby to be released! Conviction overturned
NORRISTOWN, PA – MAY 24: Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary
Court grants Bill Cosby his appeal
The courts have spoken and they will listen to whatever new evidence Bill Cosby has in an attempt to overturn his conviction for various rape charges. Cosby, 82, has been in Montgomery County’s SCI Phoenix since Sept. 2018, serving a three to 10 year sentence for three counts of aggravated indecent assault. An order issued by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday lays out two parts of Cosby’s case which can be reviewed. These aspects involve controversies which were at the heart of Cosby’s trial and debate over the legal logistics of his case: the way the prosecutors used the testimony of five women who had previously accused Cosby, and the “immunity” deal which Cosby reached with former Montgomery County District Attorney back when the case first surfaced. That’s just a lot of talk for “just let him plead his case and lets move on”. The post Court grants Bill Cosby his appeal appeared first on Today's Evil Beet Gossip.
Cosby Loses Another Lawyer As Retrial Nears
Bill Cosby has lost yet another lawyer as Brian McMonagle today made official his desire to depart the defense for the actor’s criminal case for the alleged 2004 rape of Andrea Constand. With a mistrial declared on June 17 on the three felony charges of second-degree aggravated indecent assault that could see Cosby in jail for a decade if found guilty, a retrial has now been set to start on November 6 in Norristown, PA. In paperwork filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania state court, the Philadelphia lawyer asked to be able to “withdrawal as counsel” to Cosby. “The defendant is taking necessary steps to secure new counsel,” McMonagle’s filing adds. “Defendant requests that he be given until August 21, 2017 to retain new counsel,” it goes on to state of Cosby, who has had local legal big shot McMonagle by his side since soon after the actor was arraigned December 30, 2015 in the criminal case and released on $1 million bail. A hearing is set for August 22 on the motion along with other matters related to the case as it heads towards the retrial this fall. The post Cosby Loses Another Lawyer As Retrial Nears appeared first on Today's Evil Beet Gossip.
Bill Cosby trial will be decided by outside, sequestered jury
A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial itself because of worldwide media reports that the actor’s lawyers say brand him a “serial rapist.” Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill will oversee a June 5 trial over charges that Cosby drugged and molested a former Temple University employee in 2004. O’Neill’s ruling came after lawyers for the 79-year-old TV star argued that his trial should be moved to Philadelphia or the Pittsburgh area. The larger, more diverse population would make it easier to find unbiased jurors, lawyer Brian McMonagle argued, but even then, he said, there was no guarantee that Cosby could get a fair hearing. “Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the message that has been promoted, in insidious fashion, is that Bill Cosby is guilty, and that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist,” McMonagle said. “I do not believe that there’s a place anywhere in this country now where he can receive a fair trial. Not here, not anywhere. I hope I’m wrong.” Prosecutors accused the defense of trying to shop for a jury. The post Bill Cosby trial will be decided by outside, sequestered jury appeared first on Today's Evil Beet Gossip.
Bill Cosby Really Doesn’t Want To Have To Pay For His Crimes
Bill Cosby is “allegedly” (read: most definitely) a serial rapist, and while the statute of limitations has expired on many of the cases of sexual assault and drugging he’s committed, since they date back to the ’70s and ’80s, there are still some that can be prosecuted, and Bill’s not feeling that. You see, he doesn’t think he should have to pay for his crimes at all, so he’s back in court asking a judge to throw out the charges against him. From People: Cosby, 78, is back in court in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to ask a judge to order Constand, 43, to appear in person at a new preliminary hearing – or dismiss all charges against him. “The Commonwealth relied solely upon hearsay evidence to establish the elements of the charged offense, without providing Mr. Cosby an opportunity to confront and cross-examine his accusers,” Cosby’s attorneys argued in ahabeus corpus petition filed on June 8. [This] “violated Mr. Cosby’s confrontation and due process rights,” they argued. In a statement about the filing, Wyatt, Cosby’s spokesman, said, “In this case, from its inception, the District Attorney’s office has stretched the rules to the breaking point at the expense of Mr. Cosby’s rights. (Cosby has not yet entered a plea but has publicly maintained his innocence in Constand’s case as well as in allegations of either drugging and/or sexual assault by more than 50 women.) In his response, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele says it’s Cosby’s attorneys who are trying to twist the law. “Defendant’s current attempts to invent new rights that would have compelled the commonwealth to present the victim at the preliminary hearing – precisely so that he could have prematurely attacked her credibility – are as transparent as they are contrary to law,” Steele wrote. Ugh, just put this old POS on trial and be done with it. Let’s be real – he’s not stupid. By constantly appealing the charges against him, he’s obviously trying to drag this whole thing out. The more he appeals, makes court appearances, etc, the further away any actual trial gets. I get that the legal process isn’t instantaneous, but really??? The post Bill Cosby Really Doesn’t Want To Have To Pay For His Crimes appeared first on Today's Evil Beet Gossip.