we have not heard from indra _ andrea constand herself?dra constant, _ andrea constand herself? we have not heard from indra constant, but - heard from indra constant, but gloria already, who represented more than 30 accusers of bill cosby came out and said that she cannot imagine how those accusers felt, especially those who testified at mr cosby�*s trial —— andrea constand. 0bviously come as you point out, this was a momentous moment in the #metoo movement, it was a chance for women to speak out about sexual assault against people in power. now for mr cosby, this is an opportunity for him to try and reestablish himself, because years before any of these allegations came to light, he was known as america's dad, playing cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit tv show the cosby show. but. cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit tv show the cosby show. but, michelle, what are the — show the cosby show. but, michelle, what are the applications _ show the cosby show. but, michelle, what are the applications of - show the cosby show. but, michelle, what are th

that was andrea constand. it was all related to an incident that happened in 2004 when andrea constand was a temple university employee, which she accused him of drugging her and sexual assaulting her in his home in 2004. the statute of limitations was a big part of this case as well. just doing a quick google to our previous reporting and this was an article from june of 2020 when the pennsylvania supreme court allowed bill cosby's team to appeal his conviction. at the time it said there were two issues in which he was able to appeal this case. one had to do with the prior bad act witnesses, some of those other accusers who testified about alleged assaults that weren't directly a part of andrea constand's case. the oh issue focused on the prior district attorney's decision at the time not to charge bill cosby a decade ago when this happened to andrea constand. how common are the prior bad act witnesses? is it typical for people if this is one of the reasons why the pennsylvania supreme court is saying this co

that deposition that he gave in 2005 where the attorney, andrea constand's attorney says when you got the convequaaludes, wasn your mind that you were going to use it with young women that you wanted to have sex with? bill cosby replies, yes. and that was part of what this hinged on, he admitted it in this deposition. but you're saying that now that that shouldn't have been allowed in his criminal trial? >> well, that's what the court has now found, that it should not have been allowed. i want to be very clear in the language that we use here. it is one thing to show the magazine cover of all the women who have accused bill cosby. it's also a different leap to go to who actually was able to testify at the trial. we know that made a difference here, not to minimize anyone's allegations. but it made a difference in how the trial court allowed people to actually testify to substantiate and buttress the credibility of the testimony of andrea constand, who was the one victim whose actual case was before that particular trial jury. and so it's important to make sure we distinguish because i

the higher court said certainly the andrea constand case, you can't go backwards on that. but also the issue here is the statute of limitations. if you remember back in 2015 when kevin steel brought this case forward, it was just days away from the statute of limitations and andrea constand's case expiring. so now we have women who have come forward since. their allegations are from decades ago. so, no. unless possibly maybe the legal analyst can speak better to this, new evidence comes forward, but it's very doubtful at this point. >> thank you. and we will talk to our experts about that. let's go to cnn's jason carroll who is right near cosby's home right outside philly in elkins park. this has been real quick from the ruling by the pennsylvania supreme court to bill cosby being released to bill cosby going home. >> and to crowds starting to gather outside. we've got a lot of media out here. some of that noise that you're hearing are some of those people who support the accusers. some of those from the #metoo movement who are visibly and audibly upset about the court's d

this dealing with the allegations charges of andrea constand brought against them. he said he would serve that time. the sentence was 3-10 years and of course he has served a little over two years. but in the opinion, the judge and justices go into fact that these witness testimonies, the five witness testimony, they actually did not really pertain as much to the facts of the case, they were more personal attacks, and that he believes or they believe kind of tainted the outcome of this and that's where we stand right now. now we are being told by cosby spokespeople that they are on their way to the prison right now, and they will hold a news conference, we don't know the timing of that and we don't know exactly when bill cosby will actually walk out, that might take a few hours for them to process, but we are being told there will be a news conference. we are trying to get some legal analysis on this, and it's important to note that the victims and in many cases are furious that cosby is being released, for now it appears that bill cosby will walk out of the prison

the jury still found that he sexually assaulted andrea constand.and that the conviction will not stand, but again, i want to emphasize, the jury found that bill cosby sexually assaulted andrea constand after administering [ inaudible ] to her. the reason i want to emphasize that for all of those survivors out there who found their peace and their justice, particularly the survivors of bill cosby, i hope that they are still able to find their peace because the court still -- the jury still found bill cosby guilty, even though that will not stand. >> all right. explain how the court in your opinion could have -- because you went through this prosecutorial agreement that they now say did exists, it had been argued away it didn't exes -- exist and wasn't in writing, what is the -- what are they hanging their hat on? is it -- was it a verbal agreement? did the cosby attorney's words versus your office's words. this is what is confusing. >> sure. let me break it down a little bit factually. essentially what happened during the trial back in 2015, maybe 2

cosby was sentenced from three to ten years in 2018 for drugging and sexual assaulting andrea constand at his home in 2004. it was the first major case of the me too era and a major fall from grace for the man once considered america's dad for the role on the "cosby show" he played. more than 50 women accused cosby of sexual assaulting or raping them. including 35 accusers who agreed to sit down, talk and be photographed for this powerful cover of "new york magazine" in a few minutes i'll speak with lisa, one of the women who accused cosby of drugging and sexual assaulting her. she testified at his trial but first, jason carroll is out front and jason, a stunning turn of events today. >> yeah, absolutely stunning, poppy when you consider it was last month that cosby was denied bail after serving some three years in prison. his attorneys, those who represent him came out here a short while ago earlier this evening basically saying that his conviction was really all about the court of public opinion and politics. also saying that what happened with the state supreme court was a win not o

we just got a statement from andrea constand. her in 2004, resulting in his 2018 conviction, as you probably know by know, bill cosby was released from prison this afternoon after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned that conviction basically on a technicality. constand reacted to the decision to release cosby saying, quote, today's majority decision regarding bill cosby is not only disappointing but of concern and it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant or may force a victim to choose between filing a criminal complaint. gloria allred, your reaction to the ruling by the pennsylvania supreme court. >> this decision by the pennsylvania supreme court to overturn the conviction of bill cosby is certainly devastating to many of the bill cosby accusers. my heart especially goes out to those who bravely testified in both of those criminal cases. and i did represent the majority of the prior bad accusers who testif

i think you know, the fact is, this was andrea constand's case, and the fact that there were over -- there were 60 of us that could back her up. >> yes. >> you know, i just -- it's, it floors me. >> it's unimaginable. i need to get kristen gibbons fedden in. how could it be this prosecutor who, the weirdest, it's weird enough he was trump's lawyer to an impeachment, somebody serially accused of sexual, everything from sexual harassment to all the way up to a case of rape by e. gin carroll. how did this go wrong? >> great question. >> honestly i totally respect our esteemed chair in pennsylvania but when you say how did this go wrong? my version of the facts as well as kevin steele's and the way our team worked we don't believe there was any statement or promise made to begin with and we proved that at the early stages of the pretrial hearing. the common police court found there was no agreement, no promise made and in addition to that, joy, the superior court of pennsylvania also agreed with our finding. the other thing i wanted to highlight is that not only do we believe there was n

andrea constand who accused him of sexually assaulting her. >> yes, and the judge made the determination then not to prosecute bill cosby because of the length of time that elapsed between the time of the crime and the time she came forward. so he said that he made a deal with cosby that he would testify without the 5th amendment right, and he makes this agreement, and then goes forward without prosecuting him on the case of andrea constant. and that is the words that were used against him in the criminal suit. so there were five other women whose crimes were not charged, but five other people who testified against bill cosby showing a pattern of abuse of women, and the supreme court said that tainted the jury, and those were the two issues on which they found that the conviction had to be overturned. bill cosby has to be immediately released from prison, and that should happen later today, and that he cannot be retried on the charges can, geoff. >> and kate snow, this has to be a devastating day not just for andrea constant, but for the more than 50 women who have accused him of inappro

bill cosby testified in his deposition that he never sexually assaulted andrea constand.ting statements were made regarding other women in other jurisdictions none of which he would have had the ability to immunize him from because he was not the d.a. of those other counties of those other states. i have to respectfully disagree. >> nicolle, very quickly -- >> go ahead, harry. >> very quickly, sure, i understand the factual dispute and i'm not -- and the different facts that say it wasn't a real agreement. >> the supreme court says if you make that kind of even informal agreement it needs to be honored. i understand the point, well, it wasn't really stitched up and the supreme court says the burden lies on the prosecution. i want to note that's the principle. nothing that in any way takes away from the me, too movement or important legal tools that people are now developing to go after injuries that lay unredressed for so long. >> claire mccaskill, you're going to have to dumb this down for the nonlawyer here in your anchor. nowhere in anything i read is there any suggest

he sat for four and when he wouldn't answer certain questions, andrea constand's lawyer, went into court and said they made an agreement already with the d a. so he can't assert his fifth amendment right. he has to testify. he did, he said, incriminating things. and then a new d a came in and said, you know, we're not going to enforce it and the pennsylvania supreme court said wait a minute. this is a due process issue. he you gave him an agreement a promise and lured him into a deposition. and by doing so, um, you can't now turn around and say, well, we're not going to enforce it anymore. so not only is the conviction thrown out, but because of the deal you made, you can never prosecute him again. so that's how this went down. so how did the prosecutor could you say the prosecutor dropped the ball in this case, then if they decided to move ahead and use the information against him. well i'm not even sure you call it dropping the ball with the prosecutor did, according to the supreme court of pennsylvania was violated the agreement that his predecessor made um and the court said, and aga

. —— andrea constand.ng for some type the admission into court of of so—called bad acts, prior bad acts, that seems to be the nub of this case and the reason that the supreme court has decided to dismiss the charge against bill cosby. david, make ou charge against bill cosby. david, make you very — charge against bill cosby. david, make you very much. _ charge against bill cosby. david, make you very much. -- - charge against bill cosby. david, make you very much. -- thank l charge against bill cosby. david, l make you very much. -- thank you make you very much. —— thank you very much. dozens of people have died in canada as the heatwave continues to smash temperature records in a country where extreme cold is usually more of a problem than extreme heat. police in the vancouver area say they've responded to more than 130 sudden deaths related to the heat since friday. gregor craigie presents the morning show on cbc radio one on vancouver island. that number is very likely to go up, but heat wave deaths of

2018, after he was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for drugging and molesting andrea constand0a. but in a stunning reversal, pennsylvania's highest court said the entertainer should never have been charged. in the split ruling, the judges wrote the trial shouldn't have gone ahead because of an immunity deal mr cosby had struck with a previous prosecutor. he can't be retried. he just said his heart was racing, he couldn't believe it. he said they was ringing his cell. they was just knocking on the wall. and they said, "you're free, get up, get up!" and he was like, "what are these guys talking about?" gloria allred, who represented 30 of bill cosby�*s accusers, said... bill cosby became known as "america's dad" for his role as cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit sitcom the cosby show. his conviction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault could be heard in the us justice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle fleury reporting. let's cross live to new york and sp

2018, after he was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for drugging and molesting andrea constand200a. but in a stunning reversal, pennsylvania's highest court said the entertainer should never have been charged. in the split ruling, the judges wrote the trial shouldn't have gone ahead because of an immunity deal mr cosby had struck with a previous prosecutor. he can't be retried. hejust said his heart was racing, he couldn't believe it. he said they was ringing his cell. they was just knocking on the wall. and they said, "you're free, get up, get up!" and he was like, "what are these guys talking about?" gloria allred, who represented 30 of bill cosby�*s accusers, said... bill cosby became known as "america's dad" for his role as cliff huxtable in the 1980s hit sitcom the cosby show. his conviction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault can be heard in the usjustice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle joins michellejoins us michelle joins us now. michellej

those 12 jurors who were peers of william cosby and peers of andrea constand, looked cosby in his eye and said guilty, guilty, guilty. they found that he sexually assaulted andria constand, and i think that's really important, not only for survivors, but i think it's also important because, yes, this is a blow, but this sexual predator, yes, he gets to walk free. he was still found guilty. >> kristen, i know that this has just been a few hours since this news came out, but i'm curious when you kind of look back at some of the decisions you and the prosecution made collectively, do you have any regrets? would you have done it differently in any way now knowing and i know hindsight is now 20/20, but is there any way this moment could have been avoided when you still bring justice for the alleged victims of bill cosby? >> i don't think that we -- i personally, i can't speak for kevin and all of our whole team, but i personally have no regrets, and i hope that moy co-prosecutors have no regrets either, and the reason is this, amman. when prosecutorial agreements are made, they are in writ

to 10 years in prison after a jury in 2018 found the actor guilty of drugging and assaulting andrea constandng the actor of sexual assault, only constand's account held up in court because of the stat statute of limitations. constand calling today's dealing and decisions disappointing arguing this, bret, will only prevent sexual assault victims from speaking outs in the future. bret? >> bret: alex, thank you. back in washington, the house has voted to form a special committee to investigate the capitol riot last january 6th. the vote was 222 to 190. along party lines with just two g.o.p. members voting yes. republicans contend majority democrats would turn the probe into a political exercise. house speaker nancy pelosi will appoint a chairperson at least 8 of the committee's 13 members, house republican leaders have not said whether they plan to participate. democrats are trying to blame republicans tonight for the spike in violent crime in america's cities. we brought you some of those stories over the past couple of days. but, so far, democrats have come up empty on ways to fix the problem

he had been founding guilty of drugging and molesting x basketball player andrea constand and has servedrison. ken belkin is a criminal defence attorney in new york. this is his reaction. whatever happened between mr cosby and ms constand, i can't say, but i didn't think it was fair for him to be retried and for them to admit five witnesses who really were not there. when you put a witness on the stand, it has to be a witness who is relevant, meaning that they have some information that bears on whether or not these allegations are true. and these five people they put on the stand, they were not witness to the events between mr cosby and ms constand. they were witnesses, you know, to other incidents that are being alleged, but those other incidents were not the subject of the trial. a short time ago the decision to free mr cosby came after the state supreme court felt that a agreement with the prosecutor had been agreed not to charge us or cosby and that the witnesses tainted the trial. the reasonin: the witnesses tainted the trial. the reasoning is _ the witnesses tainted the trial. the

he was found guilty of drugging and molesting the ex—basketball player andrea constand in 200a.me court was told that cosby�*s lawyers had secured a deal with the former district attorney in philadelphia that he would not be tried a second time because there was not enough evidence to present. let's talk to vinoo varghese. he's a former prosecutor and white collar federal criminal defence attorney and joins us now from new york. cani can i get your initial thoughts on the news we have been hearing the last couple of hours? i the news we have been hearing the last couple of hours?— last couple of hours? i have been coverin: last couple of hours? i have been covering this _ last couple of hours? i have been covering this case _ last couple of hours? i have been covering this case is _ last couple of hours? i have been covering this case is a _ last couple of hours? i have been i covering this case is a commentator and i had predicted at the time there would be a good reason for reversal in this case. interesting thing is the grounds on which they reversed, they to the point of hav