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Would you be interested in taking this case on? >> well i'm a defense lawyer. i think everyone should be accorded the benefit of being innocent until proven guilty. we have a great system of justice. i have no problem defending bill cosby or anyone similarly charged and i'm offended by the politics and the media coverage of a case like this. it makes people targets. it makes people with political ambitions go after others that they normally wouldn't go after. he is presumed innocent. he has not been convicted of any crime. he has the right to defend himself under the constitution and presuming...

All right. our breaking news. for the first time, bill cosby criminally charged with aggravated indecent assault. this goes back to a 2004 case involving a then-temple university employee, andrea constand. she first came forward in 2005. she was told there was not sufficient evidence, but now a district attorney in montgomery county, pennsylvania, says new information that came to light this summer is enough to bring these charges. the d.a.'s office laid out the alleged crime a short time ago. >> mr. cosby made two sexual advances at her that were rejected. on the evening in question, mr. cosb...

2004. and if you remember, bruce castor who opted to not bring charges, he told cnn last year that he had never seen the deposition in the civil case. he had no idea what it said, why he didn't know and why he hadn't read it, we don't know. but the fact is, now brand-new criminal charges against bill cosby and for the first time ever, this would lead to prison time, if convicted. >> all right. up to ten years, if convicted of this charge. all right. jean, stand by. i want to bring in our attorneys eric guster and paul callan. just what happened today? these charges have been filed. cosby will ...

Any crime. you address the court with dignity. you or your lawyer pleads not guilty and you leave. >> the fact that this is the first, this is the first criminal charge, this felony he is now facing, the fact as we were just discussing he vehemently denied all of these accusations since the story truly broke, moving forward, if you're advising him, he has not spoken publicly, how would you advise him? >> you know, again, i don't know the fact of the case and i don't know what the evidence is or is not. but i've been in this drill before with michael jackson, with robert blake. and the media po...

Then after that, she said, mr. cosby, you must have no contact with your complainant or alleged victim in this case. and at one point he had to sign papers. and the papers were brought to him on the conditions of the bail and she reiterated, you must have no contact with your complainant. and he said, no contact with -- and those were the first words we heard he spoke. she said no constant with your alleged victim. okay. then she said, if you do anything and not in compliance with this bail, it could be revoked. do you understand? and she was very nice. and he said, yes, your honor. with a smi...