News guide: Prosecutors can use Cosby’s deposition at trial
PHILADELPHIA — A suburban Philadelphia judge settled one of two key pretrial issues in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial when he ruled on Monday that the jury could hear Cosby’s damaging testimony from a decade-old civil deposition. The defence had argued that Cosby only gave the testimony after being assured he would never be charged in the case. But Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill concluded that Cosby had no such guarantee. O’Neill has vowed to bring the case to trial by June. The 79-year-old Cosby is charged with felony sexual assault.
Here’s where the criminal case against Cosby stands, and what’s ahead.
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WHY IS THE DEPOSITION IMPORTANT?