reporter: in criminal charges against cosby. constand then filed a civil suit. cosby testified in a sworn deposition before they reached a confidential settlement. fast forward to 2015. that deposition was unsealed, revealing cosby had admitted giving drugs to women he wanted to have sex with. prosecutors reopened the criminal investigation and days before the statute of limitations ran out, cosby was charged in criminal court. pennsylvania defense attorney brian mcmonagle represented cosby from the beginning. he pleaded not guilty, a first trial last year ended in a hung jury. she is entitled to a verdict in this case. reporter: now a new trial with some big differences. a new defense team for cosby led by tom mesereau, who got an acquittal in 2005 for michael jackson in his child molestation trial. before representing cosby in 2015, mesereau told cnn how he
i m lea gabrielle with the fox report. more of today s headlines. bill cosby s retrial is underway near philadelphia. if you remember the last one ended in a hung jury. this time he has a new defense attorney. the same one that defended michael jackson in his child molestation trial. a work that worked at cosby s alma mater is accusing him of sexually drugging her. check out this new video of a tornado striking the college campus in alabama. this happened last month apartment jacksonville state university. the school is about 80 miles north and east of birmingham. students were on spring break at the time and nobody was hurt. the storm damaged two dozen
suit. cosby testified in a sworn deposition before they reached a confidential settlement. fast forward to 2015. that deposition was unsealed, revealing cosby had admitted giving drugs to women he wanted to have sex with. prosecutors reopened the criminal investigation and days before the statute of limitations ran out, cosby was charged in criminal court. pennsylvania defense attorney brian represented cosby from the beginning. he pleaded not guilty. a first trial last year-ended in a hung jury. she s entitled to a verdict in this case. reporter: now a new trial with some big differences. a new defense team for cosby led by tom mezaro who got an acquittal in 2005 for michael jackson in his child molestation trial. before representing cosby in 2015, mezaro told cnn how he
his advances, and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. again, just to remind our viewers here, you ve heard a lot of charges issued toward bill cosby over the last year or two, but this is the first time, just today, where he s been criminally charged with anything. so joining me now on the phone is criminal defense attorney tom mesereau, best known for defending michael jackson in his 2005 child molestation trial. tom, thanks so much for being with us. the charge here is aggravated indecent assault. in order to prove the case, the prosecutors must prove what? well, first of all, proof is the issue. you know, these are nothing but allegations. they re nothing but charges. the prosecutor gives a press conference and speaks as if everything s been proven. nothing has been proven. and it s a long way before they prove every element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt. they ll have to prove beyond a
crowd after his child molestation trial in 1994. i want to bring back in holly hughes, and samantha shocker from the young turks network, and jeff gardare, what is the message of the biebs here? that he is being persecuted p by the law enforcement, and persecuted by the media, and that he is innocent, and in some ways he is innocent, and he is a 19-year-old and acting out the teen angst in the world. a lot of pressures and not handling the stardom the way he should, but he feels like he is a victim and in fact, he is not a victim, but he has to take control. and he is certainly, had, been booked here and looking at the mug shot which has made the rounds just about everywhere, and been changed online as well, and changed into the all sorts