Bill Cosby arrives for a pre-trial hearing at the Montgomery County courthouse Monday Feb. 27 2017 in Norristown Pa Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Steven O’Neill granted a defense motion ordering that jurors will come from another county for the trial, but denied the request for change of venue, or where the case will be tried. The trial is set to begin on June 5. On February 24, the same judge ordered that the actor only has to face testimony from one other woman who says he also assaulted her.
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Sequestered jury from outside area to decide Bill Cosby case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial because of worldwide media reports that the actor’s lawyers say brand him a “serial rapist.”
Jury from outside area to decide Cosby case NEW
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial because of worldwide media reports that the actor’s lawyers say brand him a “serial rapist.”
Judge rules Cosby case to be decided by outside jury
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A jury from outside the Philadelphia suburbs will be brought in to decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request to move the trial itself because of worldwide media reports that brand the actor a “serial rapist.”