The sexual assault trial surrounding Bill Cosby is set to begin on June 5, 2017 in a Pennsylvania courtroom.
Following the announcement of the trial date, Cosby’s lawyer said his client has been the victim of “racial bias and prejudice” as the sexual assault allegations against him have played out in the court of public opinion.
A lawyer representing one of women accusing Cosby of sexual assault responded by stating “this is not an issue of racial bias…instead, it is an issue of whether or not Mr. Cosby has committed acts of gender sexual violence.”
Dozens of women have come forward and accused Cosby of sexual misconduct over the past several years. He has strongly denied the accusations. He has only been charged in one case and it is in Pennsylvania.
The three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault against Cosby stem from an alleged 2004 incident, in which accuser Andrea Constand, an employee of Temple University at the time, claims Cosby drugged and molested her.
No charges were filed when she went to police the next year, and Cosby has maintained his innocence. In July, Judge Steven O’Neill ruled that Constand won’t have to testify at preliminary hearings for the case.
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