Cosby lawyer attacks ‘bandwagon’ accusers’ accounts as vague
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Wednesday attacked what they called “vague, remote and often inconsistent” allegations from a slew of women whom prosecutors are seeking to call as witnesses at his sexual-assault trial next year.
Lawyers for the 79-year-old actor and comedian asked a judge to block 13 accusers from taking the witness stand, saying uncertainty about where and when some of the sexual encounters took place made them impossible to defend against.
Cosby, who was known as America’s Dad for his top-rated family sitcom, “The Cosby Show,” which ran from 1984 to 1992, is charged with molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
Prosecutors are seeking testimony from the other accusers to show Cosby had a long history of knocking out women with drugs and drinks and sexually assaulting them. Cosby has pleaded not guilty.