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The Brash Plan to Defend Bill Cosby: . In the 1. 3 years since he invited Andrea Constand, then a 3. Temple University athletic department, to his sprawling home in Elkins, Pennsylvania, and offered her a glass of wine and pills, his reputation as an everyman comedian, a national father figure who repeatedly broke ground as an African- American and the highest- paid person in show business has been thoroughly shattered. Everything that followed from that night — the subsequent police investigation, a lawsuit, a settlement, a leaked deposition, viral social media memes and scores of women emboldened to come forward (5. Cosby first approaching them as a mentor, then offering them a drink that left them unconscious, naked and bruised — cemented perceptions of the entertainer as a serial rapist. Set to begin June 5 and expected to run for two weeks, the trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a leafy Montgomery County suburb outside of Philadelphia, is certain to become the type of media circus unseen since O. J. Simpson's murder trial.

If convicted, Cosby could be sentenced to 3. The burden of proof for this one human being has shifted. Soon after, Netflix shelved a stand- up special it already had taped, NBC killed a sitcom it was developing for Cosby, and one concert booker after another canceled his appearances. So pervasive is the presumption of guilt surrounding Cosby that the normal rules of a criminal defense — go for an acquittal at all costs, including the client's loss of public standing — do not apply. Instead, his legal team plans to aim squarely at what's now a near- universal distrust of the entertainer.

After graduating from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, she interned for the ACLU, but the realities of student debt — and later providing for two sons, now teenagers — pushed her toward corporate law. She has represented such unpopular clients as Dow Corning in cases regarding silicone breast implants, but Cosby by far is the most toxic. When Cosby faced an onslaught of allegations of assaulting women, he first turned to Marty Singer, who protected Cosby's reputation for years and has made a practice out of representing stars like Charlie Sheen facing scandals.

But after a Singer statement to the media led to the attorney being named in defamation suits filed by Cosby's accusers, Cosby turned to L. A.'s hardball litigation firm, Quinn Emanuel. His legal bills were rumored to be running several hundred thousand dollars a month, and a year later, Cosby switched to Agrusa on the recommendation of fellow Liner partner Kirk Pasich, who represents Cosby in insurance matters. In a survey of 6. THR, 8. 3 percent said they wouldn't take Cosby as a client, but Agrusa isn't bothered by her peers. Cosby's representation, I like the company.

Some of the accusations against Cosby date back decades, and many of the alleged victims said they were too fearful of Cosby's influence in the entertainment industry to go to the police or to the public. He was in his heyday when it happened. My common sense told me nobody would believe me. One was the appearance of 1.

The other was Cosby's deposition, in which the entertainer admitted to much of the alleged behavior but insisted it was entirely consensual. The civil suit would settle for millions and might have become a footnote in Cosby's biography. While Cosby's deposition in that suit once was sealed, excerpts published in 2. THR, followed by other news outlets, cemented the perception of Cosby as a monster. In it, Constand's attorney asked: . After their first gambit was rejected by Montgomery County judge Steven O'Neill — who ruled that there was no binding nonprosecution agreement and that the lengthy delay in trying Cosby didn't unfairly prejudice him — they have sought to narrow the focus of the trial to what happened in 2.

In fact, the defense recently celebrated a fairly enormous victory when the judge largely denied a bid by the prosecution to have testimony from 1. Instead, only one — a woman named Kacey, who in the 1.

Cosby's former William Morris agent Tom Illius — will get to present her own alleged Cosby victimization to jurors. Although O'Neill hasn't yet explained his reasoning, it's likely the judge allowed testimony from Kacey because her alleged assault was relatively recent compared with the incidents alleged by the other accusers. On the basis of O'Neill's . Mindful of the public's belief that the high number of women is the most damning evidence against her client, she points to .

At trial, Cosby's team may present some discussion about what psychologists call . It not only would be a way to subvert allegations stemming from provable interactions between Cosby and many of his female accusers but also a gentler response than directly calling all 5. Cosby's team also is looking to promote sympathetic voices. In a letter provided to THR, Cosby's youngest daughter, Evin Cosby, 4.

People were constantly reaching out to me about why doesn't your dad say something. I kept saying he's trying, but the media is only interested in the stories of the women. He loves and respects women. I Ll Fly Away Tv Series Watch Online here. He is not abusive, violent or a rapist. Sure, like many celebrities tempted by opportunity, he had his affairs, but that was between him and my mother. They have worked through it and moved on, and I am glad they did for them and for our family.

For example, right before Cosby victims were featured on the Reelz documentary series Exposed With Deborah Norville on April 1. Agrusa sent a stern letter hinting that Cosby could bring a defamation action. Agrusa says she also is keeping a close eye on coming documentaries from CNN and BBC. Legal threats to those networks may be forthcoming.

Allred has become a specialist at a brand of justice one might classify as litigating in the press. Cosby in 2. 01. 4, not long after the Hannibal Buress video became viral, I said to myself, 'What can I do? Because statute of limitations had expired for these women,'. Allred not only put on news conferences but also began pushing state legislatures to extend statutory deadlines for sexual assault prosecutions. She also publicly called on Cosby to waive a statute of limitations defense, arbitrate claims or establish a $1. Her actions haven't gone unnoticed by Cosby's attorneys.

In fact, when asked to explain how Cosby could possibly be innocent given the number of women accusing him, Agrusa nods to Allred's role. It's a diversionary tactic: 'Let's attack the victim, the people supporting the victim; let's put anyone else on trial but Mr. Stuart Slotnick, a defense attorney who has represented billionaires including casino magnate Steve Wynn, largely agrees that the focus will be as much on Constand as on Cosby.

Police investigators later would write in an affidavit that Cosby, then 6. Constand said she visited his home seeking advice about whether to quit her job in Temple's athletic department. Cosby handed her a glass of wine, according to court papers, and then he went upstairs and returned with three blue pills. Constand asked Cosby whether the pills were herbal. Put 'em down. I was pretty much frozen. When Cosby spoke to the police, he never asserted his Fifth Amendment rights.

His recollection wasn't particularly different from Constand's, with the important distinction that he insisted what happened that night was consensual. When asked by a detective whether he had sex with Constand, Cosby strangely answered, . Expect Cosby's team to make much of this during their cross- examination of Constand. As Slotnick wonders, .

A longtime assistant in the DA's office, Steele was elected in November, defeating Bruce Castor, the previous district attorney who in 2. Cosby. Steele's campaign aired an ad blasting Castor for . Pointing to how Steele already has used the Cosby prosecution for political gain, Cosby's lawyers were successful in convincing the judge in the case to bus in jurors from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.