Bill Cosby lawyers fight to keep other accusers out of retrial

NORRISTOWN >> Bill Cosby’s lawyers are fighting attempts by prosecutors to call 19 additional women who accuse the actor of sexual misconduct to testify at his upcoming retrial on charges he sexually assaulted one woman at his Cheltenham mansion in 2004.

“While the prospect of trotting out 19 other accusers makes for a splashy headline, it does nothing to advance the goal of fairly deciding Bill Cosby’s guilt or innocence,” the defense team led by Los Angeles lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr.