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Shouting matches break out at Cosby hearing
Source: Associated Press
Shouting matches break out at Cosby hearing
Associated Press 5:28 p.m. EST December 13, 2016
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A judge admonished lawyers on both sides of Bill Cosby's sexual assault case Tuesday after two courtroom shouting matches broke out.
The high-stakes hearing was testy from the start, as Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele clashed with Cosby lawyer Brian McMonagle over the defense's insistence on identifying women accusing the comedian of sexual assault by name in public documents and a court hearing.
Steele became enraged when McMonagle argued that prosecutors had provided him with the names of the accusers. Arguing that the names were disclosed during the pretrial discovery process and were not part of the public record, Steele suggested that Cosby's lawyers were publicizing them in an attempt to intimidate the women.
McMonagle said many of them had already gone public with their allegations.
"These are witnesses in a trial. They are not children," McMonagle argued.
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Associated Press 5:28 p.m. EST December 13, 2016
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A judge admonished lawyers on both sides of Bill Cosby's sexual assault case Tuesday after two courtroom shouting matches broke out.
The high-stakes hearing was testy from the start, as Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele clashed with Cosby lawyer Brian McMonagle over the defense's insistence on identifying women accusing the comedian of sexual assault by name in public documents and a court hearing.
Steele became enraged when McMonagle argued that prosecutors had provided him with the names of the accusers. Arguing that the names were disclosed during the pretrial discovery process and were not part of the public record, Steele suggested that Cosby's lawyers were publicizing them in an attempt to intimidate the women.
McMonagle said many of them had already gone public with their allegations.
"These are witnesses in a trial. They are not children," McMonagle argued.
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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/12/13/cosby-judge-to-weigh-potential-testimony-of-13-other-women/95366650/