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Seeking Justice | 5

Chasing Cosby

Los Angeles Times

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

There are 63 women accusing Bill Cosby of assault or attempted assault when the district attorney decides to reopen the case. There’s also a growing movement underway, with many of the survivors joining forces to change the statute of limitations laws in their respective states.

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Tacing Cosby contains descriptions of violence, sexual content, and language that is not suitable for every audience.

0:06.8

Please be advised.

0:12.8

Good morning. My name is Kevin Steele.

0:15.4

That's the new Montgomery County District Attorney, Kevin Steele. He's tall and thin with salt and pepper hair.

0:22.4

It's December 30, 2015, and Steele's holding a press conference today in Pennsylvania

0:27.6

to say he's charging Bill Cosby with three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

0:32.8

They are felonies of the second degree. The charges stem from the 2004 incident with Andrea

0:38.4

Constant. On the evening in question, Mr. Cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her

0:46.9

and to drink wine. The effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances

0:56.5

and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. When U.S. federal judge Edward Rebrano

1:04.2

unsealed legal filings that contained references to the civil deposition and we learned about

1:11.2

allegations from other victims under similar circumstances reopening this case was not a question.

1:19.2

I was one of the reporters at the press conference. After covering this case for more than a decade,

1:24.4

I wondered what Steele knew that I didn't. From the Los Angeles Times, I'm Nikki Weiss and

1:31.9

C. Egan and this is Chasing Cosby. Episode 5 Seeking Justice.

1:46.4

At this point, there are 63 women accusing Bill Cosby of assault or attempted assault.

1:51.9

Cosby's confirmed some of the details of their stories in a deposition he gave Andrea

1:56.1

Constant's lawyers. But Cosby's celebrity friends are beginning to turn on him now and even TV

2:01.7

network deals are falling through. I'm furiously reporting it all for People magazine. That text I

2:07.3

got the night before Steele's press conference with the cryptic wording, it led me to break the news

2:12.0

of his arrest. In the criminal case against Cosby, Steele wants to use the call that Andrea's mother,

2:19.6

Gianna Constant, recorded on January 17, 2005. Despite Gianna's best efforts, Cosby doesn't reveal

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