“It would be more useful if Mr. Cosby would spend time talking with people about how not to commit sexual assault in the first place, ” said Jodi Omear, an organization spokeswoman. Mr. Cosby later thanked the television station for having his publicists on the show. The woman, Andrea Constand, says Mr. Cosby drugged and assaulted her. Mr. Cosby and his lawyers say the sex was consensual. Some jurors were concerned about the 10-year delay in prosecuting Mr. Cosby, and that politics had been involved, The A.P.

Source: New York Times June 22, 2017 21:55 UTC