Bill Cosby may have already been convicted (with ample evidence) in the court of public opinion, but he has yet to face an actual criminal trail for the dozens of sexual assault allegations against him.
Now it looks as though that’s about to change.
In a pre-trial hearing held yesterday, a Philadelphia judge denied Cosby’s request to dismiss the charges against him stemming from accusations made by Andrea Constand in 2004.
The case has already resulted in a civil trial, during which Cosby confessed to drugging women with the intention of raping them, but maintained that he never went through with the planned sexual assaults.
Lawyers for Cosby argued that the judge in his civil trial has assured the TV legend that he would be protected against criminal prosecution if he testified in the civil trial.
This time, however, a new judge determined that “there was no basis to grant the relief requested” by Cosby’s lawyers.
Naturally, the attorneys have already issued a statement declaring that the court “reached the wrong decision” and announcing their intention to appeal, but for now at least, it looks as though the trial will go forward, and Cosby will face criminal sexual assault charges.
Currently, it looks as though only one of Cosby’s alleged victims will have her day in court, but we’re sure the others will be eagerly anticipating the outcome of this long-awaited trial.
