Four enigmatic requests from Bill Cosby’s jury
Cosby’s remarks about consent were preoccupying the panel, and so were discrepancies in the prosecution’s evidence. As the parties waited anxiously, there was no sign of a verdict.
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Andrea Constand
Bill Cosby’s creepy ideas about women and sex go back decades
In his 1989 book, girls and women were alien objects who needed to be tricked or coerced into sex. Statements produced at his trial suggest that, years later, little had changed.
Cosby’s lawyer in final, chair-pounding plea to jury: ’Can’t we stop this?’
It’s the prosecutor’s methodical connection of dots against the defence’s incredulity, as the jury takes Cosby’s fate into its hands
Bill Cosby’s trial calls experts on pink and blue pills
On Quaaludes, Benadryl — and the heavy weight of a burden of proof.
Bill Cosby’s own words: how he viewed his alleged sex assaults
In interviews produced at his trial, he painted himself as a seducer, a provider of relaxing drugs and a tester of women’s boundaries. But he claimed he never acted without consent.
The cone of social-media silence at Bill Cosby’s trial
The judge’s crackdown on pinging phones and illicit apps is a throwback to the Twitter-less age. Have courts gotten lost on the viral landscape?
At the Bill Cosby trial, ’Canada’s Mom’ slays ’America’s Dad’
The mother of Cosby’s Canadian accuser depicts the comedian at peak creepiness, while unleashing a wave of maternal fury at him and his lawyers
Bill Cosby’s Canadian accuser stands tall at his trial
Andrea Constand gave an unflinching account in testimony of being drugged and sexually assaulted by the comedian, saying, ’I wanted it to stop’
Bill Cosby’s accusers are already under attack at his trial
On Day 1, the comedian’s lawyer turned to the oldest stratagem when defending sexual assault charges: turn the tables on the complainant
The public theatre of the Bill Cosby trial
When Cosby arrives in court to face charges from one of his accusers, he’ll be stepping into a spectacle, the biggest of his life