NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) " The Latest on Bill Cosby's pretrial hearing (all times local):11:50 a.m.Bill Cosby's lawyers say he's a political pawn who's being unfairly prosecuted because a suburban Philadelphia district attorney made his 2004 sexual assault case a focal point of his recent election campaign. Prosecutors reopened Cosby's case after a judge unsealed portions of his lurid, decade-old deposition from a related civil case. Cosby's lawyers say he only testified at the 2005 deposition because the former DA promised he'd never face arrest. His lawyers are trying to keep out the testimony he gave in the woman's sexual battery and defamation lawsuit. Prosecutors reopened the criminal case last year after the deposition was unsealed and more women came forward accusing Cosby of molesting them.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 02, 2016 14:00 UTC