Based on reports by the New York Times, jurors presiding over the Bill Cosby trial debated for hours on Monday and have so far been unable to reach a verdict. Throughout the duration of the proceedings, jurors heard testimony from Andrea Constand, Kelly Johnson, their mothers, Detective Richard Schaffer, and eleven other witnesses. While the prosecution’s case against Cosby was rock solid, the same cannot be said for Cosby’s defense; on several instances, they attempted to get the prosecution’s evidence thrown out of court, but to no avail. The only witness they called to the stand was Schaffer. Due to the defense’s flimsy case, they were reduced to using Schaffer’s testimony as a tool to cast down on Constand’s attestation. Nevertheless, it is now up to the jury to decide whether or not Cosby will serve time in prison for his crimes or be found as not guilty.
Jurors returned to the Montgomery County Courthouse earlier today in Norristown, Pennsylvania to reach a verdict. At their behest, the judge read additional passages of Cosby’s 2005 excerpts where he went into great description of the events taking place at his Philadelphia home where Constand was allegedly assaulted. By his own admission, Cosby gave Constand pills that were later revealed to be quaaludes; in the excerpts, he confessed to purchasing quaaludes with the intention of providing them to the women he wanted to have sex with. Constand and Cosby were both at the courthouse earlier today, awaiting to hear the ruling.
