Wednesday night, jims off, im monica malpass. The the big story on action news is bill cosby arrested for an alleged sex crime from more than a decade ago. He is freon milliondollar bail. He is charge that stem from a Sexual Assault that took place on an evening in early 2004 at mr. Cosbys home in cheltenham township, montgomery county. After that announcement to day the 78 yearold cosby arrived in court in elkins park walking with a kane and being helped on the arms of his attorneys. Lets get more from chad pradelli with is what going on and uphill battle will, chad. Reporter well, prosecutors say it was 12 years ago when bill cosby invited the young woman to his home here, he told her over the phone they would talk about her future plans and that she should wear comfortable clothing. When she arrived here, prosecutors say cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her. Tonight accompanied by his attorney, bill cosby drove off from his cheltenham home but not before his attorney declared hi
Heard him say steps he was repeating what attorneys were telling him, he was approaching steps, they wanted him to be careful. They guided him to his seat. At that point the judge came into the courtroom to set bail and give conditions that we mentioned. When she asked bill cosby if he understood his rights, rights to preliminary hearing, charges and terms of the bail, he replied yes. At the end of the brief arraignment the judge said to bill cosby, good luck to you, sir, to which he replied, thanks. Bill cosbys attorneys have released a statement since the arraignment, it reads, make no mistake we intend to Mount A Vick Russ defense against this unjustified charge and expect mr. Cosby will be exonerated by a court of law. Here live district court, most likely the preliminary hearing january 14th will not take place here. The judge told us it will most likely happen in norris town at the county courthouse which is a much larger facility. Live in elkins park, Rosemary Connors nbc 10 new
Attorneys office cited specific reasons for bringing charges, aggravated indecent assault today. A big consideration was the statute of limitations, remember, it was just about to come up, it was almost 12 years ago when this case was first investigated. However, the District Attorney at the time did not bring charges, did not bring criminal charges. However, when the civil depositions were made public this summer thats when the current District Attorney decided to take another look. Depositions came from the civil case between Andrea Constand and bill cosby. In the depositions were admission bill cosby made. For instance, admitted to obtaining seven prescriptions for quaaludes he never intended to take but give to women. Back out here live at the District Court the next hearing is january 14th, most likely at county courthouse in norristown. The judge, of course, set bail today at 1 million. 10 , he did post that 100,000. Rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. To nbc 10s andre clieklei e thom
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