PENNSYLVANIA
MassLive
By Ray Kelly rkelly@repub.com
Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial is slated to go to a Pennsylvania jury on today.
Jurors will be asked to weigh the prosecution’s portrayal of the comedian as a sexual predator against the defense’s contention that his accuser fabricated drugging and molestation allegations to score a big payday.
The defense rested on Monday after the 80-year-old comedian declined to testify, echoing his decision at his first trial, which ended in a hung jury last year.
“You now have all of the evidence,” Judge Steven O’Neill told the 12 primary and six alternate jurors, according to ABC News. “Try to relax, so that you’re on your game tomorrow.”
Jurors at Cosby’s first trial deliberated for five days without reaching a verdict on three related counts of aggravated indecent assault. Each carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
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