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Retrial of Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Case Begins in Pennsylvania

HeadlineApr 09, 2018

Comedian Bill Cosby’s case is back in court today in Pennsylvania, where he’s facing a retrial on criminal sexual assault charges he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand, the former director of operations for the women’s basketball team at Temple University, at Cosby’s home in 2004. Constand is one of about 60 women who have accused Cosby of sexual assaults dating back decades. Last summer, a jury deadlocked over whether to convict the comedian on three counts of aggravated indecent assault in Constand’s case.

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