Published 27 March 2017
POSTED 10:48 AM, MARCH 27, 2017, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In a victory for Bill Cosby, a Pennsylvania judge Friday ordered that only one additional accuser will be allowed to testify in his upcoming criminal sexual assault trial to demonstrate the comedian’s alleged pattern of criminal conduct.
NORRISTOWN Pennsylvania (AP) — Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault case in Pennsylvania are fighting defense efforts to question 2,000 potential jurors.
They also want the jury selected weeks before the scheduled June 5 trial so jurors can prepare to be sequestered.
The trial is being held near Philadelphia. But jurors are being chosen from the Pittsburgh area, nearly 300 miles away, because of worldwide publicity about the case.
The defense bid to start jury selection June 5, if successful, could delay testimony for weeks.
The battle over jury selection Monday is the latest legal maneuvering in the case.
The judge must still decide how much the jury will hear from Cosby’s deposition about his long history of extramarital affairs.
Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004.n a victory for Bill Cosby, a monstrate the comedian’s alleged pattern of criminal conduct.
