Bill Cosby – The Appellate Hearing

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Bill Cosby, the superstar actor/comedian once dubbed as America’s Dad, has been in a Pennsylvania prison for over two years after his 2018 conviction for sexual assault. His lawyer say he didn’t get a fair trial and this week went before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to argue their case. Court TV’s Julie Grant followed that proceeding and will join host Vinnie Politan to walk us through what the arguments Cosby’s defense team made. One of the core issues revolves around prior bad act witnesses, who shared with the jury their stories of alleged assault at the hands of Cosby. Is it fair to bring up unprosecuted, unverified stories of past bad behavior to prosecute another crime? Former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Michael Sterling doesn’t think so and will explain why it’s so important that the court get this decision right – if not for Bill Cosby – than for some other defendant down the road. Get the latest updates on CourtTV.com and catch Vinnie and the entire team live weeknights 8-11pm on Court TV Live. To see more of our coverage of the Bill Cosby appellate hearing, click here.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.
0:05.0	Opinions, all are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.
0:09.0	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:11.0	Discretion is advised.
0:13.4	On this week's court TV podcast, Bill Cosby was back in court this week arguing that his
0:21.7	2018 conviction for sexual assault
0:23.9	should be overturned. Court TV's Julie Grant has been following the story from
0:27.7	the start and tells us what she learned from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
0:32.1	appellate hearing.
0:33.6	Cosby's lawyers argue it was unfair to allow prior bad act witnesses to
0:37.8	testify in his trial and they're not alone.
0:40.6	Friend of the podcast lawyer Michael Sterling is here to tell me why he thinks
0:44.8	Cosby should get another trial. This is the Court TV podcast with Vinny
0:50.9	Polytan.
0:58.0	I'm Vinny Polytan. I'm Vinny Polytan.
0:59.0	Thanks so much for downloading the podcast and me like millions and millions of people I was a big Bill Cosby fan I mean a huge fan obviously I watched the show
1:10.3	Right but beyond that I mean I had one of his comedy albums right where
1:15.9	comedians would do the routine and they put it on a record and you would play it on
1:20.5	a turntable I mean that's how much of a fan of Bill Cosby I was. You know I was
1:26.4	reared on Fat Albert on Saturday mornings. Then when I got older obviously I watched the Cosby show which was like huge and I was buying ugly sweaters
1:37.6	Like Cosby it was unbelievable. I was a fan and then then after the Cosby show just hearing him talk and from this moral high
1:47.0	ground you know I tended to respect him and I was like wow this is a guy who's got it together.
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