Cosby loses bid for quick appeal that could have halted case
Posted February 16, 2016 11:45 pm.
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PHILADELPHIA – Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault case appears to be headed toward an evidence hearing after a Pennsylvania judge refused to halt the criminal proceedings and ask the state Superior Court to review a pretrial issue.
Cosby is accused of drugging and violating an ex-Temple University employee in 2004. The defence insists Cosby had a promise from a previous district attorney he’d never be charged over the encounter.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill found the evidence of such an agreement lacking after a recent hearing. Cosby’s lawyers wanted him to send an appeal of the issue directly to the higher court.
O’Neill ruled Tuesday the legal issue doesn’t warrant a direct appeal.
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This story has been corrected to say the judge refused to send Cosby’s appeal of a key pretrial issue directly to the state Superior Court.
