A Pennsylvania judge says he wants Bill Cosby’s felony sexual assault case to go to trial no later than June 5.
Lead defense lawyer Brian McMonagle of Philadelphia says he has other trials scheduled through the spring.
Prosecutors say they hope to have 13 Cosby accusers testify at the trial. The accusers say they were intoxicated by drugs or alcohol that Cosby gave them before they were sexually assaulted.
Cosby is charged with drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004 at his Philadelphia-area home.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill did not rule Tuesday on whether the other accusers could testify or whether prosecutors could use Cosby’s deposition or a phone call recorded by Constand’s mother in 2005.
The judge says he’ll rule on the phone call within a week.
Seriously, does anyone believe that a felony charge for rape should be allowed to go to trial 10 months from now instead of sooner, like anyone else not named Cosby would be forced to do? That’s a fucking gift to Cosby imo, not some hard-ass line by some judge trying to bring about any sort of justice in this case. No wonder Cosby’s lawyers are fine with the timeline. Maybe they’re hoping he’ll be dead before he has to testify. Geez.