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Prosecution team. she seems very relaxed. she doesnt feel tense from what im seeing. but it was so noteworthy. bill cosby walked into the courtroom this morning. she didnt even see him. she didnt even look at him because she was talking with who have become her friends in the prosecutions office and behind her, rows behind her, i dont think she even saw them. there are at least four accusers, four other women have traveled here to philadelphia to be in this courtroom. one of them barbara boman, ...

"dont nourish a harmful story." if somebody calls you, accuses you of a crime, you have to respond. what you dont have to do is get into continuing exchanges with the accusers about what you may or may not have done, keeping the story alive. >> bret: the president is a counter puncher. he was as a candidate and businessman. senator lindsey graham and others are saying its a different ball game now. what about the effort, and it seems that some of the service, newt gingrich being one, are going a...

Happened. >> ron allen. i imagine you will. can you explain how the statute of limitations plays into this thing. >> as we know. the jury has not been told. there are dozens of accusers who have come forward with allegations against bill cosby dating back to the 1960s. he has denied all those allegations. those cases are not prosecutable because of the statu of limitations. pennsylvania had a 12-year statute. the constand case is the most recent one. he was charged, cosby was charged, within day...

He could face prison time. but also, there are about 50 women who have made accusations against him who are watching this very closely, as well. >> reporter: watching closely, and some of them have appeared at court during the course of the proceedings, standing in sister hood with andrea constand. all of those cases cannot be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. a lot of the other accusers are here to support her. it has been a very dramatic day. this was really just high drama. to...

"dont nourish a harmful story." if somebody calls you, accuses you of a crime, you have to respond. what you dont have to do is get into continuing exchanges with the accusers about what you may or may not have done, keeping the story alive. >> bret: the president is a counter puncher. he was as a candidate and businessman. senator lindsey graham and others are saying its a different ball game now. what about the effort, and it seems that some of the service, newt gingrich being one, are going a...

Is barbara bowman and it happened to me too. and she told me, youre not the only one. i was the third. there were two others before me. then i found out there were ten more. >> she was among three accusers who went public at that time. >> team cosby has always strongly denied all allegations. but andrea constands attorneys were determined the women be heard. petitioning the court to allow all 13 to tell their stories at trial. >> all of us were willing to testify. >> but the women never took the...

Comparison -- >> in a problem in this high profile case, you dont know how much the jury has been impacted. we know this had been 60, 60 accusers, how does anyone get around that? the jurors have seen media. they have seen this on tv. >> over 100 different cameras in there. >> they may say theyre not biased but how can you be unbiased when you know there are dozens and dozens of being women being accused. will that impact the trial? it depends on each individual juror. they may think theres a re...

Cosby gave her an unknown medication and assaulted her. >> it was a huge victory for the defense for cosby. because it brought us awfully close to he said/she said. >> cosbys accusers hope it ends here inside this historic court house six miles outside philadelphia. a verdict could come before the end of june. if bill cosby is found guilty of all charges, the nearly 80-year-old actor could get up to 30 years behind bars. >> he stands here today maintaining that innocence. >> will the prosecution...

December 30th, 2015. >> we are here to announce today charges. >> more than 10 years after andrea constn made her allegations, theyve resulted in three counts of aggravated indecent assault against bill cosby. he was accused of dig tale penetrating her while she was unconscious and administering intox knts for resistance. for his accusers it was an exhilarating day. >> i felt vindicated. it was a hallelujah moment for me. >> prosecutors hopes to show a

Aggravated indecency assault. lets talk about what is at stake if, in fact, bill cosby takes the stand. >> you have to play this out. so far far, the defense has sta with a consistent approach here which is attack the prosecution, show the biases, show any inconsistents. if you put bill cosby on, you have some things that can work in his favor that the jury can see. this is a man, in failing health, 79 years old, hes legally blind. he can talk about what it was like in 2005, possibly being targe...