and i m grateful we live in this community and i m grateful that we get to choose jurors like that who do the right thing and right thing. that s what happens here and it happens over and over again. it was great being on our home court. what is your message to prosecutors in other jurisdictions, new york city, los angeles, chester county who may view the cases historically as very different to prosecute? after today, what is your message to any prosecutor who may be on the fence about pushing forward with a case of this nature? i m not here to send messages to my colleagues. we are in a great community of prosecutors, particularly in pennsylvania. and i get to work with them
behalf of myself and my cocounsel who unfortunately moved to philadelphia is probably stuck on the schuylkill expressway as we speak or she would also be here. we want to thank all the police officers who have dedicated themselves to this case. detective reap, sergeant schaffer and the many others who are unnamed who all contributed to what has happened today. most of all, i want to express on behalf, if i can, the gr gratitude of so many women that admire andrea for her courage. she came here 14 years ago for justice. i am so happy today that i can say, although justice was delayed it was not denied. it took a lot of courage for her to come back and to do this.
nuisance, so clearly the cost of prosecution in this matter should not be a problem for the defendant. dolores, you wanted to say something here so let me get out of the way. good afternoon. i know it s going to be disappointing to you but i have the privilege of speaking for andrea and andrea will only will not be speaking today. only i will. first of all, we have to thank the montgomery county for doing what they have done, kevin, kristen, stuart and the many, many lawyers in the d.a. s office who have been diligent in bringing about this just result. i can t even begin to name all the people who have worked on this case. we also and i m doing this on
that the judge obrano was referring to that got us to the point where we were able to reopen this case and seek justice. and standing with her through this whole process has been a lot of other courageous women who are willing to stand up and tell their stories about being drugged and sexually assaulted or raped. 19 were willing to stand up with us in this prosecution, take the witness stand and we are humbled by the courage all of them showed and we can t help but applaud and celebrate the courage of the five witnesses that had a chance to face bill cosby in this case, to tell the
the authorities, that they will behave in a certain way or they will never talk to anyone again, we ve dispelled that here and that s because that s false and that s not always the way it goes. too often these types of crimes, sexual assault do not get reported especially a case in where a drug has been used, an intoxicants so the victim does not have a clear memory of what went on, so we hope that this case sends a strong message that the victims of these types of crimes can come forward and be heard on what happened to them. so there was a defendant in this case, the next steps. a sentencing date will be issued by the judge. that is typically within about a 60 to 90 day period of time on