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Bill Cosby's lawyers say accuser Andrea Constand is a 'con artist'

April 17, 2018 14:16·
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Mesereau asked Constand. Constand said she hadn't, and Mesereau shot back, "Then what are we doing here?"

First trial: Agrusa ran through a list of personal-injury lawyers whom Constand called after the alleged assault and referred to her police statement in which she said she had contacted an attorney who "specializes in sexual assault lawsuits". Both worked at Temple University around the time Constand says Cosby drugged and molested her at his suburban Philadelphia home.

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steve T. O'Neill has not yet ruled whether he would allow Jackson to testify.

Gianna Constand said she was "very combative" with Cosby, demanding he tell her the medication he'd given her daughter and what he'd done to her.

Andrea Constand said under cross-examination Monday that her phone calls to Cosby were about basketball.

A judge blocked Jackson from testifying at last year's trial after Constand took the stand and denied knowing her.

The judge has ruled that Jackson can take the stand at the retrial but indicated he could revisit the issue after Constand was finished testifying.

The defense attempted to poke holes in Constand's allegations by questioning her about the almost 70 phone calls she made to Cosby after the alleged assault, her involvement in a "pyramid scheme" at Temple and her sexual assault and conflict-of-interest training as a university employee, among other things. His ruling will depend on whether Constand testified that she knew Jackson.

Andrea Constand testified Cosby knocked her out with pills and sexually assaulted her at his home in 2004.

Strong words from the Cosby team after a second day of testimony from Andrea Constand.

She told jurors that she was concerned because her daughter hadn't been the same since leaving Temple in March 2004 and moving back to Canada, screaming in her sleep and waking up in a sweat.

Bliss listed several jobs and career opportunities that Gianna Constand was unaware of at NBC and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, that Andrea Constand interviewed for because of her connection to Cosby.

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During cross examination Friday, the trial lawyer had Constand flustered with questions about whether she'd ever said she was affectionate toward Cosby.

"I don't really remember how dim the lights were, but I did have to eat my dinner", Constand said. She has stated the former television star was seen by her as a mentor and had no interest. The defence has called the other accusers irrelevant to the case.

While Ms Jackson says she worked closely with Ms Constand and considered her a friend, Ms Constand says she does not "recall ever having a conversation with" her.

He has been charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault; a conviction on any of the charges could get him 10 years in prison.

Picking up where he left off on Friday, Thomas Mesereau, for Mr Cosby, questioned Ms Constand about inconsistencies in her police statements and prior testimony.

Ms Jackson's testimony will play a key part in the defence team's plan to present Ms Constand as a "con artist" who framed Cosby, 80, for material gain.

Casting further doubt about the allegations, " Mesereau said Constand told authorities she called Cosby out of her phone that was university-issued just before she came to the night time of this attack to guarantee the gate would be available in his house.

Constand said she often reached him and also she may have already been mistaken that there were occasions Cosby shared with her advance which the gate would be available.

She claimed she needed to understand precisely what Cosby had contributed Andrea, prompting him to confess it absolutely was a perscription drug that he neglected to call and perhaps not the allergy medicine Benadryl advertising he maintained.

Gianna Constand said she called Cosby on the phone and recorded their conversation after her daughter told her of the alleged assault.

Mesereau asked her. Constand testified that she felt a duty to answer Cosby's inquiries since he was a powerful alumnus and trustee.

The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Constand has done.

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