Bill Cosby Rape Trial: Prosecutor’s Brutal Opening Argument
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Bill Cosby was blasted by a Pennsylvania prosecutor at the beginning of the comic's rape trial — saying the once-beloved star put Andrea Constand in "an incapacitated state so he could sexually pleasure herself!"
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It was part of a shockingly detailed attack on Cosby, who's been accused by dozens of women saying that the perverted comic drugged and sexually assaulted them. As revealed byThe National ENQUIRER, Cosby himself admitted to his bizarre behavior when he faced Andrea in a civil suit over the sexual assault. And, as noted by Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden, Cosby now faces a criminal trial where the prosecutors intend to use his own testimony against him.
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Feden declared that Cosby's own words wold show that he set out to drug Andrea (pictured) with three pills — which prosecutors believe to have been Quaaludes. "This is a case about a man, this man," said Feder, pointing to Cosby, "who used his power and his fame and his previously practiced method of placing a young trusting woman in an incapacitated state so he could sexually pleasure herself, so she couldn't say no!"
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"The last words she remembers is, 'I'm going to let you relax,'" said Feden, citing Andrea's recollection of the 2004 incident. "And then as she went in and out of consciousness, she witnessed her body being used to sexually gratify the defendant. Because she was in that incapacitated state, she couldn't consent."
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Cosby's team also made a strong appeal to jurors, though — with defense attorney Brian McMonagle saying Feden had made a "false accusation of sexual assault" that was "an attack on human innocence!" McMonagle made it clear that the defense planned to prove that Andrea was "never incapacitated" and was interested in a romantic relationship with Cosby — pulling out phone records while adding: "After the so-called paralyzation and drugging and assault, there were 72 phone calls. She called him 53 times."
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As earlier reported by The ENQUIRER, other alleged victims of Cosby had also appeared at the courthouse, although Judge Steven O'Neill is only allowing one woman to testify about an earlier claim of sexual assault. Cosby was accompanied to court today by former "Cosby Show" costar Keshia Knight Pulliam, who said: "It's the jury's job to decide guilt or innocence. It's not mine or anyone else's."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Bill Cosby was blasted by a Pennsylvania prosecutor at the beginning of the comic's rape trial — saying the once-beloved star put Andrea Constand in "an incapacitated state so he could sexually pleasure herself!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
It was part of a shockingly detailed attack on Cosby, who's been accused by dozens of women saying that the perverted comic drugged and sexually assaulted them. As revealed byThe National ENQUIRER, Cosby himself admitted to his bizarre behavior when he faced Andrea in a civil suit over the sexual assault. And, as noted by Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden, Cosby now faces a criminal trial where the prosecutors intend to use his own testimony against him.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Feden declared that Cosby's own words wold show that he set out to drug Andrea (pictured) with three pills — which prosecutors believe to have been Quaaludes. "This is a case about a man, this man," said Feder, pointing to Cosby, "who used his power and his fame and his previously practiced method of placing a young trusting woman in an incapacitated state so he could sexually pleasure herself, so she couldn't say no!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
"The last words she remembers is, 'I'm going to let you relax,'" said Feden, citing Andrea's recollection of the 2004 incident. "And then as she went in and out of consciousness, she witnessed her body being used to sexually gratify the defendant. Because she was in that incapacitated state, she couldn't consent."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Cosby's team also made a strong appeal to jurors, though — with defense attorney Brian McMonagle saying Feden had made a "false accusation of sexual assault" that was "an attack on human innocence!" McMonagle made it clear that the defense planned to prove that Andrea was "never incapacitated" and was interested in a romantic relationship with Cosby — pulling out phone records while adding: "After the so-called paralyzation and drugging and assault, there were 72 phone calls. She called him 53 times."
Photo credit: Getty Images
As earlier reported by The ENQUIRER, other alleged victims of Cosby had also appeared at the courthouse, although Judge Steven O'Neill is only allowing one woman to testify about an earlier claim of sexual assault. Cosby was accompanied to court today by former "Cosby Show" costar Keshia Knight Pulliam, who said: "It's the jury's job to decide guilt or innocence. It's not mine or anyone else's."
Photo credit: Getty Images
