Constand, the accuser in this case. Reporter so tom maze roe, you tried and failed. The personal attacks did not work. Bill cosby, three words for you, guilty, guilty, guilty tom mesereau, the high Profile Defense attorney bill cosby brought in for this retrial after he was found guilty. There was some discussion of whether whether or not there should be bonds cosby stood up and yelled at the prosecutor saying you asshole. Heres more of what his attorney had to say just moments ago. We are very disappointed by the verdict. We dont think mr. Cosbys guilty of anything and the fight is not over. Thank you. Are you going to appeal, sir . Yes, yes. Yes, very strongly. Is mr. Cosby prepared to go to prison . No comment from bill cosbys
Sexual Assault and harassment has changed a lot since the first trial. How much that impacted the jury in their deliberations, i dont know, theyre human beings. I know they were ad monished not to allow what was going on in the culture and socially to interfer
for her and her family to go to an excellent law firm, stradley ronan and we talked a lot and kristen did not want to leave this and not see it to the end, and we talked to bill sasso the chairman of the firm who we all owe a debt of gratitude too, for allowing her to stay on with us and stay with us through this case. and and you have seen the results of that. she, like, like mr. ryan here has prosecuted so many sexual y assaults and domestic violence cases and i couldn t have found
convicted him in this case. cnn s jean casarez with us, as well. you have been there from day one of the earlier trial, even, jean and you were in the courtroom for much of this. was it a different feeling in that courtroom? reporter: there was a different feeling and i was in the courtroom for both trials. the different feeling in this one was that, you know, trials have momentums on both sides for the prosecution, for the defense. but in this trial i felt a continual momentum for the prosecution. it was just a feeling that i had in that courtroom. now, of course, the trial started out after the opening statements with dr. ziv who was a sexual assault expert and that was someone that talked about the character of a sexual assault victim. but then you started having the prior bad act witnesses. one after the other. and, you know, maybe that added
sexual assault and harassment has changed a lot since the first trial. how much that impacted the jury in their deliberations, i don t know, they re human beings. i know they were ad monished not to allow what was going on in the culture and socially to interfere with their deliberations in the case, but their human beings. your accusations of bill cosby stem from an event in 1979, so we re talking obviously decades here. there has been a real sea change just in the last few months but prior to that in the last few years as more and more of bill cosby s accusers, stood up and spoke out. a number of you doing so together. how did that change things for you knowing that you weren t the only one out there who was making these allegations? when i came forward in 2005, i thought i was the only one until andrea constand tried to have him charged the first time, so i was jane doe number four in the original 13 jane does and i can t tell you how amazing it
different stories, whether it is an accuser of bill cosby, of harvey weinstein, this is a this is a remarkable day in terms of that conversation? yeah, this is huge. i don t think we can underestimate erica, how significant this is for women. i ve been a civil rights lawyer for two decades. i ve watched what has happened in this country around sexual assault how this movement has evolved and to see someone like bill cosby convicted is monumental. we have to remember that the prosecutors in this case, the original district attorney refused to file charges and there was a lot of back and forth between the prosecutors about whether there was substantial evidence, whether constand was a credible witness and we saw cosby s new defense lawyer, his new defense team go after andrea constand and the five other women really hard, really challenge their credibility, and despite that, the jurors still found that