Bill Cosby Loses Appeal
Source: Associated Press
Bill Cosby's criminal sexual-assault case appears to be headed toward an evidence hearing after a judge denied his latest effort to throw the charges out.
In a ruling Tuesday, the judge who refused to dismiss the case earlier this month denied Cosby's appeal of that decision.
The 78-year-old TV star is accused of drugging and violating an ex-Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004 and could get 10 years in prison if convicted. The defense insists Cosby had a promise from a previous district attorney that he would never be charged over the 2004 encounter.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill, though, found the evidence of such an agreement lacking after hearing from the ex-prosecutor and others at a two-day hearing. He said the issue doesn't warrant an immediate appeal that would delay the scheduled March 8 preliminary hearing.
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Feb 16, 2016, 5:51 PM ET
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It angers and saddens me to hear that a DA would attempt to protect a serial rapist from prosecution. The victims are traumatized and degraded all over again when they attempt to pursue justice. This promise sounds like something from the middle of the last century. Why should a successful man have to face the consequences of his crimes when it was just a woman who was harmed? 
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Oh, he lost a LEGAL appeal...
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