Bill Cosby sex assault trial date set
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Cosby, 79, is charged with drugging and molesting a woman he mentored at Temple University in 2004. His lawyers will ask a suburban Philadelphia judge to suppress testimony from the 2005 lawsuit when accuser Andrea Constand said she was left semi-conscious and Cosby said he was "not stopped." The Pennsylvania judge presiding over Bill Cosby's criminal sex assault case said Tuesday he wants a trial on June 5. A judge in Pennsylvania has set a trial date for Bill Cosby, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. Former Temple University employee Andrea Constand alleges the 79-year-old entertainer drugged and molested her. The trial is tentatively set to begin on 5 June next year near Mr. Cosby’s home. At least 50 women have accused Mr. Cosby of sexual assault, and prosecutors want 13 of them to testify. The former star of The Cosby Show faces up to 10 years in prison if convicte...