Bill Cosby's Retrial Set For April 2
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A judge has scheduled a new date for Bill Cosby's retrial on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago.
Judge Steven O'Neill on Friday ordered the retrial to begin on April 2. He says jury selection can get underway before then.
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The retrial was initially set for November, but last month O'Neill granted a request by Cosby's new lawyers to delay it so they could get up to speed on the case.
The 80-year-old comedian's first trial in June ended in a hung jury.
"The Cosby Show" star is charged with knocking out accuser Andrea Constand with pills and sexually assaulting her at his home near Philadelphia in 2004.
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He has said the sexual encounter with the former Temple University worker was consensual.
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