Cementjungle wrote:
I haven’t followed this trial at all. Was there actual evidence, or was this the classic “she said, he said” situation?
I haven’t followed the trial, either.
Asked, ‘Was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes on young women that you wanted to have sex with, plural’ he responded, ‘Yes.’
That alone should be enough, IMO
Was he playing doctor, dispensing pharmacutals?
I thought this case pertained to one girl in one specific incident. I also recall one of the girls (perhaps this one?) had requested Qualudes from him. Ask yourself this.... if a woman comes to your hotel room, asks for party drugs and wants to "hang out and party" with you... would you possibly have sex on your mind too?
Again... I don't know ANY specifics on this particular girl/incident... just asking questions that pop into my mind on the thing.
She lied. Repeatedly.
“”In 2005, the district attorney himself put together a team of great detectives and their investigation revealed that Ms. Constand was untruthful time and time again,” McMonagle said.
Constand’s inconsistent statements to investigators started with her, at first, telling them she had only been alone with Cosby once, but later saying they had been alone numerous times, and gave two different dates for the incident.
He pointed out Constand told investigators that she and Cosby had set a romantic mood, sitting by the fire while burning incense and sipping cognac, and that they had previous romantic encounters, but those stories changed between her initial statements and her testimony.
“She doesn’t want those detectives to know about their relationship,” McMonagle said.
Constand also contacted an attorney who specializes in sexual-assault lawsuits before calling the police a year after the incident, McMonagle said.
Also, in the months after the incident, they had continued their phone calls, with her calling him 53 times, one of those calls lasting 49 minutes. Prosecutors had argued Constand returned Cosby’s calls because she was an employee at Temple, but McMonagle argued, “This isn’t talking to a trustee. This is talking to a lover.”
“If that doesn’t make you hesitate, I don’t know what will,” he added. “That’s why in 2005, they put this in the trashcan.””
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/06/bill_cosby_defense_closing_arg.html