Opportunity and seized up on it to distort this man, distort this legacy and his credibility. He also made his closing argument. It lasted about an hour and a half. He repeatedly attacked accuser andrea constands credibility saying she and cosby had a romantic relationship. Thats something Gloria Allred says it absurd. Of course, they would like to minimize his statements about under oath in a civil deposition about his admission that he provides quaaludes or did to young women. Reporter we spoke to an expert brendan campbell. His thoughts on the case and calling just one witness. Putting on testimony is it opens up the door for a potential for the commonwealth to call other witnesses such as other potential victims. Reporter Montgomery County d. A. Kevin steel also gave his closing argument. Again and again, he reminded the jury, cosby knowingly drugged constand at his home. She couldnt move her arms or legs or resist. Then he sexually assaulted her. He says thats not romance. Thats w
Where we see prime heat to go around one to 6 00, 7 00 oclock in the evening and then sunsets and we can start to head back outside and take though tolls. We will talk about extreme heat and higher temperatures in the zero sevens. They are not too far off. That that is coming up. Coming up on Eyewitness News, and at 6 00, and how the heat can trigger a migraine. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl will look at triggers and she will have some tips that could help you fight Summer Season migraines, and, that is coming up in our healthwatch at 6 00. And you can track the temperatures, and your full forecast, anytime at your fingertips, just down load cws philly weather app available on itune and google play. Bill cosbys Sexual Assault trial is drawing to a close, in closing arguments today his lawyers told jurors that cosbys freedom is now at stake. Our alycia nieves was in the courtroom all day and she joins us live from, Norristown Montgomery count which how things stand right now, leash a
Romantic interludes and while cosby may have been unfaithful, he didnt commit a crime. As couldby spokesperson. No matter what this d. 568 or judge try to do to distort the truth, mr. Cosby will prevail. Im pretty sure those jurors i have confidence that they see the truth. Reporter with constand in the courtroom, Brian Mcmonagle pointed out inkiss feanses in her story and detailed dozen of times she contactled cosby after the alleged assault. Why come back and see a man multiple times when youre drugged . Come on, people. You got to see this. Reporter constand, a 44yearold former temple employee, testified last week that cosby gave her three blue pills and then assaulted her while she lay paralyzed. District attorney kevin steele told the jury that fancy lawyering cant save cosby from his own admission in a previous deposition. Under oath in the civil deposition about his admission that he provides quaaludes or did to young women with the intention to have sex with him. Reporter of no
Long and hard over 52 hours of deliberation, the judge is right, justice is real, it lives here in Montgomery County. We came here looking for an acquittal but like that Rolling Stone song says you dont always get what you want, sometimes you get what you need. Its too early to celebrate, mr. Cosby. Round two may be just around the corner. And this time justice may prevail. Good evening everyone, im natasha brown. Thanks for joining us. For nearly a week the jury deliberated working to achieve a verdict in the bill cosby Sexual Assault trial. This morning they returned telling the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked. Eyewitness News Reporter cleve bryan was there as the judge declared a mistrial. Reporter for the sixth morning, 79yearold actor and Comedian Bill Cosby entered the Montgomery County courthouse waiting for a jury to decide his fate. Unlike the long days of questions and deadlocked deliberations up until now things happened fast. By 10 15, the jury announced they couldnt
Goodun today matt. Im hoping to grill out. Usually, you know, they want to treat. Yes. He is always working hard all the time but today is dad s day and if you are looking to grill out t youill py be okay, all right. If you have outdoor plans. Maybe going to the phillies game. That should be good as well. It does look like in general like today will be the better of our two weekend days. Yesterday we did get Late Afternoon sunshine which was nice but in general it was still a kind of dreary, saturday. Across the Delaware Valley. Right now storm scan three showing you a quiet morning, were not dealing with any kind of problems out there and we are looking at, relatively clear, skies, across the area too. That is good news for us. We will see cloud cover, later on in the morning hours. Visibility is much better this morning compared to yesterday. We had that fog out there on our really too much problem, along the shore, still maybe a little bit of fog out there but in general not too bad