Those developments led prosecutors in Pennsylvania to bring charges against Cosby a decade after the district attorney at the time concluded the case was too weak.
The statute of limitations for prosecuting Cosby had run out in nearly every case. This is the only one to result in criminal charges against the comic.
Feden, the prosecutor, warned the jury not to fall into the trap of confusing celebrities with the characters they play.
“We think we really know them,” she said. “In reality, we only have a glimpse of who they really are.”
Cosby’s lawyers tried repeatedly to get the case thrown out, arguing that a previous district attorney promised him he would never be charged, and that witnesses have died, memories have faded and the comedian is all but blind.
It’s going to be very difficult for the prosecution to secure a conviction, as the testimony of the first witness was said to have been no very credible.
