Bill Cosby arrives at Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, PA
Bill Cosby is back in a Pennsylvania court to face rape charges — and he could very well walk away a free man! The National ENQUIRER had the scoop on how attorneys for the disgraced comic said that their client was arrested "illegally" on charges that he had drugged and raped Temple university employee Andrea Constand.
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Bill Cosby arrives at Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, PA
Andrea, then an employee of Pennsylvania’s Temple University, went to the police in 2004 to claim that Philadelphia native Cosby had just drugged and assaulted her at his Pennsylvania home. Star-struck DA Bruce Castor declined to prosecute the then-beloved comedian — and now Cosby's lawyers say the Pennsylvania prosecutors had pledged to never bring charges against him over the rape!
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Bill Cosby pictured inside Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, PA
Cosby's attorneys claim that Castor's promise was the only reason that Cosby later agreed to testify in a civil lawsuit later filed by Andrea. The case was later settled out of court. Cosby's appearance today is an attempt to get the new charges dismissed. The ENQUIRER has covered how Cosby's arrest was a campaign promise made by Kevin Steele, who ran against Castor for the position of District Attorney. Legal experts, however, say Castor may have already given Cosby his freedom!
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Bill Cosby pictured inside Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, PA
"Unfortunately," lawyer Jerry Reisman told "USA Today," "the current prosecutor may have overstepped his bounds. A former prosecutor made a representation on behalf of his office...that he would not prosecute [Cosby] — so, unless they can find some new circumstance such as fraud, I feel that the case should be dismissed." And Cosby's attorney's are hoping that the Pennsylvania court agrees!
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Bill Cosby pictured inside Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, PA
"Unfortunately," lawyer Jerry Reisman told "USA Today," "the current prosecutor may have overstepped his bounds. A former prosecutor made a representation on behalf of his office...that he would not prosecute [Cosby] — so, unless they can find some new circumstance such as fraud, I feel that the case should be dismissed." And Cosby's attorney's are hoping that the Pennsylvania court agrees!
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