“We do not attribute the ideological views of a spouse to a judge,” Mr. Gillers said. Judge O’Neill has served on the bench in Montgomery County since 2002, when he was appointed by Gov. He presided over Mr. Cosby’s original trial, which ended with a hung jury in June. In the past week, Judge O’Neill has made two major decisions in the case that complicated matters for Mr. Cosby’s defense team. And on Monday, he denied Mr. Cosby’s request to delay the retrial, scheduled to begin in early April, for 90 days.

Source: New York Times March 22, 2018 15:20 UTC