Seeking Justice | 5

Chasing Cosby

Los Angeles Times

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K 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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0:00.0	Chasing Cosby contains descriptions of violence, sexual content,
0:04.0	and language that is not suitable for every audience.
0:07.0	Please be advised.
0:12.0	Good morning. My name is Kevin Steele.
0:15.0	That's the new Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele.
0:18.0	He's tall and thin with salt and pepper hair.
0:27.4	It's December 30th, 2015, and Steele's holding a press conference today in Pennsylvania to say he's charging Bill Cosby with three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
0:32.8	They are felonies of the second degree.
0:35.5	The charges stem from the 2004 incident with Andrea Constand.
0:39.9	On the evening in question, Mr. Cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink
0:47.6	wine, the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances,
0:56.0	and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her.
1:01.0	When U.S. Federal Judge Edward Robrenno
1:04.0	unsealed legal filings that contained references to the civil deposition,
1:10.0	and we learned about allegations from other victims under
1:13.4	similar circumstances. Reopening this case was not a question.
1:18.9	I was one of the reporters at the press conference. After covering this case for more than a
1:23.7	decade, I wondered what Steele knew that I didn't.
1:34.2	From the Los Angeles Times, I'm Nikki Wisensie Egan, and this is Chasing Cosby.
1:37.9	Episode 5, Seeking Justice. At this point, there are 63 women accusing Bill Cosby of assault or attempted assault.
1:52.1	Cosby's confirmed some of the details of their stories in a deposition he gave Andrea Constan's
1:56.9	lawyers. But Cosby's celebrity friends are beginning to turn on him now, and even TV network
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