Judge postpones retrial for Cosby until early next year

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday agreed to delay Bill Cosby’s retrial until early 2018, acting on a request from the entertainer’s new defense team.

Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill didn’t set a date but told the lawyers that he’ll “loosely fix” the retrial for mid-March or early April, rather than begin on Nov. 6 as planned.

The order came at the end of a hearing in Norristown in which the judge allowed Cosby’s previous lawyers to withdraw from the case and meet with his new defense team.