Bill Cosby Sentencing Delayed By Missing Defense Witness; Faces 30 Yrs In Prison
Having filed motion after motion over the last three years to halt or stop the rape case against the now convicted Bill Cosby, lawyers for the actor today made a last ditch sleight of hand that could knock the two day sentencing hearing off the rails right after it started and keep him from potentially going behind bars this week.Throwing another spanner into the multi-trial matter, the defense suddenly stated this morning that it wished to hear from the doctor who compiled the original report that Pennsylvania’s sex offender board relied on in part for its estimation that Cosby should be designated a sexually violent predator.
That Dr.
Timothy Foley is apparently unavailable until tomorrow morning at the earliest, which stalled a ruling by Judge Steven O’Neill on the Svp and, under Keystone State law, consequently hits the pause button on the actual sentencing.Noting that this tactic was “clearly delaying this,
