Outlining their case against Bill Cosby on Monday, a Montgomery County prosecutor said multiple people, including the comedian himself, will provide evidence that Cosby is guilty of sexual assault. But the defense said not even the alleged victims’ own statements show consistent evidence of a crime.
Almost a year-and-a-half after he was charged, Cosby entered the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on Monday for the first day of his criminal trial, before a jury selected last week from Allegheny County. He is facing three counts of aggravated indecent assault, stemming from Andrea Constand’s allegations that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his Cheltenham home in 2004. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
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