‘FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR’

Bill Cosby Argues in Appeal It Was ‘Unfair’ for Prosecutors to Use Accuser’s Deposition

Cosby claims that it was unfair for prosecutors to use the deposition from an accuser’s lawsuit against him because he had been told he would not be charged in that case.

Bill Cosby’s lawyers filed an appeal Tuesday arguing that it was “fundamentally unfair” for a deposition from a sexual-assault accuser’s lawsuit to be used in the disgraced comedian’s criminal trial because a prosecutor had promised he could not be charged in the case. Cosby also insists that five other accusers’ testimony improperly prejudiced the jury against him in his 2018 sexual-assault trial because the accusers alleged encounters had taken place years before. Prosecutors are expected to file a response within the month, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office. Cosby is currently serving a 3- to 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of three counts of felony sex assault.