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| Bill Cosby Demands US Prosecutors D |
| Bill Cosby Demands US Prosecutors Drop Sexual Assault Charge
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 12-January-2016
20:59:23 PM |
| Lawyers for Bill Cosby have demanded a Pennsylvania court drop the first criminal sexual assault charge filed against the disgraced comedian since dozens of women publicly accused him of abuse.
His lawyers filed the petition in Montgomery County on Monday, asking the court to dismiss the charge that forced the megastar turned pariah to post bail for $1 million on December 30. He is next due in court on February 2.
The petition demands the court throw out the charge because it violates a 2005 agreement that Cosby would never be prosecuted over allegations of assault made by Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University in Philadelphia.
The newly elected district attorney "repudiated the agreement" and Cosby was "wrongfully charged," his lawyers wrote.
They said an "inexcusable" 10-year delay since the alleged 2004 incident had also "greatly prejudiced Mr Cosby."
The former TV legend has lost his eyesight and "with it his ability to identify the physical appearance of witnesses and accusers as well as review other pieces of evidence," the petition stated.
"Justice requires that the court dismiss the charges at this stage."
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