now and danny savalos. two top attorneys. gentlemen, we have a lot to talk about. danny, beginning with you. i m curious, apparently inside this courtroom, mr. cosby did not enter a plea. can you tell me why? so this is just a preliminary arraignment. the very first appearance before the where bail is set. going forward, this defendant will next have a preliminary hearing. that is scheduled very, very soon. it has been scheduled and that s the hearing where the common wealth must show, not beyond a reasonable kout doubt, this is not the trial phase but instead a preponderance of tevidence tht number one a crime was committed and number two the person at this table committed the crime. if they do so and most cases are held over for trial this case will be held over for trial. it will leave the district court, mdj as we call it, which is usually a very small building
getting assistance down this walk way here in pennsylvania. as he has already left. he s been in there for gosh, maybe 6, 7, 8 minutes. for this arraignment. still waiting to hear word as far as bail that would be set by the female judge. again, getting color from the courtroom p apparently he was seated at the defense table by himself and he is already amidst a fury of media, law enforcement, barricades here already leaving. bill cosby, in and out. joey jackson. thoughts? that was quick. yes, it was. again as we were speaking about brooke, an arraignment is merely that. you re informed of the allegations. you re allowed to enter into the plea. of course not guilty. thereafter the judge makes a determination on bail and then you leave. it is not a forum that you air your case, talk about opening statements, what evidence will show. from the defense what the evidence won t show. so it is not largely
attorneys as to what the agreement will be on the amount of bail. and you could see if there s a dispute in court, an argument about the facts of the case on the issue of bail. because one of the issues when a judge is setting bail, is how strong is the case against the defendant because that might affect how much bail the court is going to set in the case. so if there s an argument about bail we might hear something about the facts of the case. otherwise i agree with joey that probably is going to be pretty pro forma and go quickly. we have a correspondent who will be inside the courtroom. as soon as we get any information we will get a to you. meantime, gentlemen, stand by. any minute now we will be seeing presumably bill cosby walking inside this courthouse in pennsylvania. again, this is incredibly significant. this is the first criminal charge he has been facing against many, many accusations involving sexual assault over decades. quick break. we re back after this. get beautyre
him in. and once in, the judge came in and proceedings started immediately. very short. basically the first thing that was said was, that bail had been set at $1 million. with 10% requiring to be met. and the judge said, i am requiring that you give up your passport. at that point, the male attorney already had the passport. so he stood up in court with the passport and literally placed it in the hands of the prosecutor. and then the judge went on with other conditions for bail. that he could make no contact at all with the alleged victim in this. went on that the judge said you ve got to sign some forms. and as he signed the forms, it appeared as though the attorney helped him see where to sign the form. then the judge said, do you understand? because she reiterated, you must have no contact with the alleged victim. and he said no contact with
gejean casarez, phenomenal reporting. thank you so much. i have, i know, defense attorney tom mesereau is still with us. paul cowellen as well. first, gentlemen to you. the nuts and bolts on this quick arraignment. the judge set bail at $1 million. we know he s began through the police station, fingerprints, mug shot. how much of that $1 million does he need it pay? assuming he is i think the report was that he has to put down 10% of it. so probably in the range of $100 thousand but he secures it with property worth $900,000 for the bond. that the way it is customarily done. this is an extraordinarily high bail for the level of charge. it is. and i think what it reflects is his enormous wealth and also the possibility that maybe the judge thought he could he was a risk of flight. the fact by wait there was no argument in open court suggests to me that there was a