Twelve jurors have been chosen for the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial: seven men and five women, two of them black, in a case where race and gender loom largeHmm.
Posted on 06/21/2017 7:03:31 PM PDT by JosephW
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a juror in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case said that after dozens of hours of grueling deliberations in a tiny room, 10 of the 12 jurors agreed he was guilty on two counts. On a third count, only one of the jurors believed he was guilty. The final, intractable votes on the first of the three counts was 10 to two to find Cosby guilty of digitally penetrating accuser Andrea Constand without her consent, the juror said. On the second count, that she was unconscious or unaware during the incident, the juror said the vote was 11 to one to acquit. On the third count, that the alleged assault occurred after Cosby gave Constand drugs or intoxicants without her knowledge, substantially impairing her for the purpose of preventing her resistance, the jury was deadlocked at 10 to two, in favor of a guilty verdict, according to the juror. On counts one and three, the two holdouts against finding Cosby guilty were “not moving, no matter what,” said the juror, who agreed to speak to ABC News only on the condition of anonymity. Other jurors contacted by ABC News declined to comment. Cosby, 79, had been charged in 2015 with three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault stemming from a 2004 incident involving Constand at his home in Pennsylvania. Constand testified during the six-day trial that the comedian gave her a drug that rendered her incapable of stopping his alleged assault, though she said she tried. Though Cosby did not take the stand, he said in a decade-old deposition that he gave Benadryl to Constand to "relax" her, and then the two had a consensual sexual encounter. .
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Sorry I had to except the article. The rest probably doesn’t have much detail you don’t already know. Race was not mentioned.
Yes i would imagine two puddings and 10 clouds
Sorry, why would any man diddle Kieth Richards?
It was Andrea Constand. Don’t know where you got Keith Richards.
You’re wrong. When they first came out on of the jurors specifically said the holdouts were not the two black jurors.
That made me laugh. I can hear Cosby saying that.
I hope you’re right. That will do a little to restore my diminished faith in racial relations
Have you seen the pictures?
I’ll bet that his lawyers are advising him to accept a deal.
Twelve jurors have been chosen for the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial: seven men and five women, two of them black, in a case where race and gender loom largeHmm.
The “double OJ defense”. All he needed was one!
Guilt notwithstanding.
Thee were 2 hold outs. There were 2 blacks on the jury. It is indeed a puzzlement which 2 were the hold outs.
“Thee were 2 hold outs. There were 2 blacks on the jury. It is indeed a puzzlement which 2 were the hold outs. “
If anyone here doesn’t think that the two no votes were the two Blacks, I’ve got a bridge for you on a special deal!
Weirdness all around and any that claim they thought he was Dr Hustable are deluded.
Cosby was a well known player at the Playboy Club in the 60s.
Any Gold diggers there?
She has one more shot at this.
Looks like an old WNBA player
Now how could a Black Person, sittin on a jerry in the white man’s court, find another Black Person guilty on such an obviously made up attempt to slander the Pride from the Black Commernity.
Drugs? Who me?
I find Cosby involvement weird in the highest degree, but find the women’s claims laughable
If some of the jurors aren't convinced of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt should they be trashed by the other jurors, pressured by the judge, ridiculed in the press or threatened by anyone?
If the holdouts were doing it for race or some reason other than honest judgment and doubt that would be wrong.
But if it is their honest judgement that they do not believe the accused to be guilty so be it.
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