This preliminary hearing there at Montgomery County courthouse is supposed to start at 9 30 so people involved are getting there a half an hour early, originally scheduled for 9 00. There is new Attorney Tom Mesereau with his white hair. You are fixated on his hair i have been watching this guy for 30 years, used to talk to him when he was involved in the Michael Jackson case in the 90s. Boxer mike tyson. Mike tyson he represented him. Suge knight back in the day and now he is in norristown, pennsylvania, and there is bill cosby with his publicist, once again. Now again, we will do this whole trial all over again, starting in early november but this is a preliminary hearing where they will sort out new attorneys. It is not just tom mess re there are two other attorneys he is adding to his team. Sam silver i dont see him yet. They is rate there. Female attorney. Catherine bliss. Catherine bliss. We know sam because he was involve with the chaka fattah trial. That is right. Exactly right
Constand, the accuser in this case. Reporter so tom maze roe, you tried and failed. The personal attacks did not work. Bill cosby, three words for you, guilty, guilty, guilty tom mesereau, the high Profile Defense attorney bill cosby brought in for this retrial after he was found guilty. There was some discussion of whether whether or not there should be bonds cosby stood up and yelled at the prosecutor saying you asshole. Heres more of what his attorney had to say just moments ago. We are very disappointed by the verdict. We dont think mr. Cosbys guilty of anything and the fight is not over. Thank you. Are you going to appeal, sir . Yes, yes. Yes, very strongly. Is mr. Cosby prepared to go to prison . No comment from bill cosbys
Sexual Assault and harassment has changed a lot since the first trial. How much that impacted the jury in their deliberations, i dont know, theyre human beings. I know they were ad monished not to allow what was going on in the culture and socially to interfer
Physical evidence. It came down to who the jury believed. They believed andreas story and bill cosby, The Comic Legend found guilty on all three counts. He faces up to 30 years in prison. He was let free on bail. Million dollar bond. A home on house arrest. We await the sentencing hearing. His Defense Attorney said the fight is not over. Thats tom mesereau, famous for defending michael jackson. So we expect this to go to appeals. Right now a big victory for Andrea Constand and the dozens of women that accused bill cosby of Sexual Assault over the years today. Neil . Neil bryan llenas, thanks very much. Just to put this in perspective here, constand is the focus of this attention in this case and these allegations. More than 60 woman have come forward making similar accusations and a pattern of
behavior. Putting it in perspective, constand testified that in her case in 2004 meeting with bill cosby, he gave her three blue pills and she drank wine at his request. She passed out, woke up a
Yeah. Thats a surprising thing. Theyve taken the fact that this man has been good to the community and has been benevolent to the community and has been a great citizen for our town and made it something bad or sinister. Let me take you back to the last part of the attorneys statement, referring to the donations that this man, robert bates, made in the past to the Tulsa Sheriffs Office as well as contributions he made to the sheriffs election campaign. A reserve deputy since 2008, bates left the jail soon after he was booked there today. Earlier this month, Officials Say he was acting as support for this undercover sting operation when 44yearold eric harris ran. Other deputies tackled him, and that is when bate fired his. 35 77 instead of his taser as intended. We have video. A warning, you see a man die. So obviously its tough to watch. Roll your stomach now [ gunshot ] im sorry [ bleep ] [ bleep ] i shot him. Oh he shot him. He shot him. [ bleep ] stop fighting. Stop fighting. He sho
Says was in zimmermans heart on the night of the shooting. The jury had a question requesting evidence by number and description. The jury has finished deliberating for today and will resume tomorrow morning at 9 00 a. M. Craig melvin has been following this case closely and joins me from outside the florida courthouse. It was an active day. Now i guess quiet. Yeah, you know what, very active. 3 1 2 hours, three hours, 30 minutes. Thats how long the jury spent deliberating this afternoon into evening. Shortly after they received the evidence and informed judge nelson they were done for the day. Theyll go home until tomorrow morning at 9 00 a. M. And will begin deliberating once again. We should note here that judge nelson is leavinging this essentially up to the jury how long theyll deliberate, when they start, when theyal start their day. When they will end their day. So it will be interesting to see me sizely how long they go until tomorrow. You mentioned the courthouse for all pract