Combination of file photos Andrea Constand and Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Photo: Matt Rourke, AP)
More than two months before Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual-assault charges, lawyers are revving up with a flurry of legal papers in a Pennsylvania court: Cosby’s defense wants to get the case tossed, citing prosecutorial misconduct, while the district attorney wants to expand the number of his accusers who are allowed to testify.
This time, when Cosby’s retrial on three charges of aggravated indecent assault opens on April 2, the stakes will be even higher for both sides, after their failure last summer to persuade a jury he was either guilty or innocent.
After an 11-day trial and five days of deliberations in June, the jury deadlocked and Judge Steven O’Neill declared a mistrial.
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