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Of limitations. you cant just sue for rape impurpose duity. so the idea that anybody will be actually vindicated here, that he is actually going to be retried on any charges, appears pretty slim at this point. a lot of these allegations date back to the 70s and the statute has well sense passed. hes in his 80s and this probably is the end of the road for cosby in court. >> all right, laura, thank you. meanwhile, britney spears remains under the control 6 a conservatorship that she calls frankl...

Fair point. i dont know that its the best fact. you know when people think about the cosby story, they think back to the new yorker cover with all the women and what was so, you know, frightening about their stories was how similar they were even though they didnt know each other. and it raises a question to your own point, you are right, it was only one woman and do you expect that they should bring at least another case with all the other he alleged victims? >> all of the alleged victims had e...

Stephanie, if the statute of limitations is still alive and viable. however, i can tell you that my belief is that for all of the me that we spoke to and investigated, the statute of limitations in those jurisdictions have expired. so its unlikely he will be prosecuted unless another victim comes forward and the statute is still alive. >> all right. kristen, stephanie, thank you both so much. we have to turn back to the breaking news in new york city. the cfo of the trump organization, allen w...

Presidential election. it will take us a while to get into the weeds to see what the real test is. thats the essence of this decision, but not a surprise that court upheld both those arizona provisions on what they call ballot harvesting and votes in the wrong district. >> it seemed like the standard or this test as it related more broadly to the voting rights act. i wonder, tom -- i know were still reading through this decision thats come out of the last three minutes here but, tom, the implica...

I dont know that its the best fact. you know when people think about the cosby story, they think back to the new yorker cover with all the women and what was so, you know, frightening about their stories was how similar they were even though they didnt know each other. and it raises a question to your own point, you are right, it was only one woman and do you expect that they should bring at least another case with all the other alleged victims? >> all of the alleged victims had every opportunit...

Against him. i hope thats what comes out of this. thats probably people out there that thought hes never going to see the light of day again. "i dont have to go through this." >> harris: lets talk statute of limitations quickly. >> emily: just to clarify, pennsylvania is two years, california is 3. the conversation has been, will this meet people, does it depress the #metoo movement? i see this as encouragement. if anything, women should come forward immediately, because based on what happens wh...

Can you pinch me. >> reporter: constand said cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his pennsylvania home in 2004, cosby said the interaction was consensual. in 2005 the district attorney at the time, bruce caster, who later would go on to be one of president trumps impeachment attorneys did not bring charges. he testified there was not enough evidence but instead he made a verbal agreement not to prosecute cosby if he would give a deposition in constands civil case. that same deposition be...

Celebrated the verdict outside the court. >> i feel like im dreaming. >> reporter: constand said cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2004. cosby said the act was consensual. in 2005, the district attorney at the time bruce castor, who would later go on to be one of trumps impeachment attorneys did not bring charges. he testified there was not enough evidence, but instead he made a verbal agreement not to prosecute cosby if he gave a deposition in constands civil case. they charged him te...

D.a. failed? >> oh, thats really hard to tell at this point, chuck, of course, we still have to see the paperwork and what the charges are against both weisselberg and the trump organization but the way i see this today is that this is essentially the first layer of building blocks where theyre trying to build a tower and i think if they had had enough, i think if the d.a. office had felt comfortable they had enough to bring additional charges or additional defendants into the case they would ha...

Ultimately damned the case. the victims should be more upset with the way the judge and the prosecutor did this. if they had any chance of convicting him, they destroyed it by ignoring that agreement and having these witnesses testify on uncharged crimes. >> martha: you make an excellent point, both of you. this is about the commitment on the part of prosecutors and attorneys involved and judges to uphold due process. if you dont, you are undermining the rights of victims. youre jeopardizing the...