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
When the Washington Post reported, based on anonymous sources, special Counsel Robert Mueller seeking interviews with three Senior Intelligence officials. Director dan coats, nsa director rogers and Deputy Director leggett suggesting hes underinvestigation. Trump responded blasting fbi leaks. Rather than letting his lawyer speak for him, trump tweeted. I am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director witch hunt. Even though he seems to mixup mueller with the one doing the investigation rod rosenstein, who hired mueller, wrote the memo as a pretext to fire comey, trump basically confirmed he is under investigation, right . No . An anonymous source close to trumps legal team when he said im being investigated, he wasnt actually confirming hes being investigated. And was trump definitely tweeting about rosenstein or perhaps maybe the attorney general or maybe himself. I dont know, whos on first. Everyone lawyered up, mike pence, Jared Kus
Trial. That happened when the jury came to the judge after just one hour of deliberations this morning, telling the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked and unable to agree on a unanimous verdict. The comedian had been charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault. Prosecutors had accused cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand back in 2004. Despite the outcome the prosecution vows it will retry the case. We have several correspondents and legal Analysts Covering this breaking news. Lets begin with cnns jean casarez, who is outside the courtroom. Jean, what are you learning about the reasoning behind this mistrial . Reporter it was they were hopelessly deadlocked, the words you just used. I was in the courtroom, i witnessed it. The jurors walked in and they were focused, serious. Just noncommittal really in their look. As they walked in i saw one young male juror look directly at Andrea Constand. A hard, strong look as he walked in. Once they sat down, a f
On whether there should be leniency for whatever reason, aggravating and mitigating circumstances. As the Associated Press puts it, writing from morristown, bill cosby was convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the metoo era. Completing the spectacular latelife down fall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in hollywood on his way to tv superstardom as americas dad. Cosby, 80 years old, could end up spending his final years in prison after a jury concluded that he sexually violated Andrea Constand at his suburban philadelphia home way back in 2004. Cosby claimed that the encounter was consensual. He stared straight ahead as the verdict was read. Moments later lashed out and loudly at the District Attorney, kevin steele and called him an ahole after the prosecutor asked the former tv star being jailed immediately. Cosby denied he has an airplane and said im sick of him. No sentencing date has been set. You may have seen as cosby waved to the c
Nothing like what we have been seeing lately as he has been on trial. Everything in the last hour has been remarkable. We continue to follow the latest on the breaking news about bill koss wee. We are moments away from hearing the victim Andrea Constand. Americas dad, bill cosby was found guilty on all charge bias a philadelphia jury. The verdict was handed down a little over an hour ago in his retrial. The reaction to it so far has been overwhelming especially for the dozens of women who say he sexually assaulted him. One woman who said he assaulted her in the early 1990s broke into tears outside the courthouse. I feel like im dreaming. Can you pinch me. I feel like im dreaming. I fae like my faith in humanity is restored. I thank the jury so much for positioning themselves on the right side of history. I just want to hug them. Bill cosby, three words for you. Guilty, guilty, guilty cosbys guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand. She was the forme