add ve catvocate on cosby s side this is him admitting to wreck reaegsrecreational drug use, that has fallen out of public consciousness. but my understanding back in the day it was a drug used when people would drink have fun, party, whatever. but i think today if the same testimony was hey i gave her an ambien or something we are more familiar with we might be more shocked. it s fascinating that he may have admitted in the deposition in his mind i was saying i use these drugs for recreation. using them recreationally with consent demonstrates highly riskly, very dangerous behavior. this is certainly bad for bill cosby. i have to believe he never expected it would see the light of day. because he mistakenly probably believed these record were sealed forever. and the law is actually the opposite of that.
sue him and say, for the defamation, for calling me a liar in public when i said i was raped. may open him up to a lawsuit. in the defamation lawsuit, cosby s le galgal team. if the case moves forward could cosby be force to testify again? he could. truth is a defense to any defamation case. the problem is that you have to spend the money and litigate that defamation lawsuit. if he wants to or need to defend his case defend himself. a party in the civil suit will have to take a stand in deposition, trial, or bothen most cases. the reality is, an interesting case. it gives us a rare glimpse into dep sigszositions which is not something the public sees. what you realize in depositions the scope of discovery is far
which was imprecise i had cosby admitting it i would have looked for something else. and i mean what you really want would be a blood test that had, metabolites of the drug in here or something like that. any piece of circumstantial evidence to bring it over the top. the way you analyze whether those statements are admissible. you take everything you have without them is there enough that a crime probably occurred? if yes, then you can use the statements. if no you have to keep digging. she had waited a year before going to police. obviously anything that had been in her system immediately after what happened to her would have no longer been in her system. of the three women who testified in this case that the deposition is from at least two of them said they had knowingly been given quaaludes, correct? you are asking me? yeah i m so, i thought you
questions. at the time i made the decision not to prosecute him, i knew this opportunity would present itself in the case. i knew he would have to answer questions under oath that he didn t have to answer me. that s interesting. i had not realized that. bruce castor appreciate you being here tonight. a lot more to talk with o mara danny sevalis, and sunny hostin former federal prosecutor joining us on the phone. what is your take of what mr. castor had to say and the revelations bill cosby gave in this deposition? well it certainly is one of the frustrations, anderson, that we have as prosecuors. it is often times not what happened but what you can prove. i think what we heard from mr. castor was, he suspected that she was telling the truth. often times you know that someone is telling the truth. but you have got to prove it up. prove it up with blood evidence. you have to prove it up with
sealing records is not the presumption in this jurs diktsisdiction where i practice. instead as time goes on. as two years passes they re supposed to be reviewed and that seal is supposed to be lifted. if there is no longer a good reason to keep them secret. i iffage in that the disclosure or possible disclosure of the sealed records must have come as a shock to this defendant, bill cosby. sunny, his attorneys were fighting the release of this. the attorney, the judge essentially said why are you fighting this this is his sworn testimony? why would he be embarrassed about what he swore to in a deposition? that s what is remarkable. under these federal court rules in pennsylvania. they can t unseal that after two years unless cosby could have shown specific harm. the argument he was making potential embarrassment, i could be very embarrassed by this the i am not really a public figure.