Cosby accusers unite — at lunch
THE DEADLOCKED jury deliberating for a fifth day at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial asked for a definition of “reasonable doubt” Friday — and to revisit his Quaaludes testimony.
They zeroed in on Cosby’s prior admission he obtained seven prescriptions for Quaaludes in the 1970s so he could give the now-banned sedative to women he hoped to seduce.
The jurors are set to return Saturday to the Norristown, Pa., courthouse.
Judge Steven O’Neill pushed back on repeated defense requests for a mistrial, refusing to send the panel home without a verdict.
“I believe this jury is tired, is weary,” Cosby lawyer Brian McMonagle said late Friday.
Meanwhile, several women — united by their accusations of sexual assault against Cosby — lunched at the local taco joint TreJo. Goofiness abounded as famed lawyer Gloria Allred joked about which one was her “favorite client.”
The table for attorney Mike Pressler was a bit calmer, but just as accommodating to visitors and well-wishers.
Pressler represents Barb Bowman, who says Cosby raped her when she was a 17-year-old aspiring actress in 1985.
Cosby is charged with drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, 44, inside his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. He claims it was consensual. Constand claims she was ambushed with something that left her feeling “frozen” on Cosby’s couch. She claims she never consented to sexual contact.