judge steven o'neil is hearing arguments, on whether 19 women will be allowed to testify. prosecutors intend to call the accusers to establish a four decade long pattern of alleged drug facilitated sexual assault. defense counselor hit back saying the claims by those 19 women, have not been proven or charged. and that there are ancient accusations pattern. attorney becky james told the court, quote, their cases so weak, they need these 19 witness toss shore up the accusation of miss constand, because she is not corroborated. andrea constand claims in 2004 , cosby offered her three blue pills and wine, before sexually assaulting her. the case against cosby rests alone on constand's account. but his team says her team completely destroyed by evidence after its claim she told a temple colleague of plans to extort cosby, and that she had the motive to lie cosby's team is hoping to keep the 19 women out of the courtroom, the judge said those accusers will make certain claims and the jury had determine whether they're credible. >> back live here, it does not appear that judge o'

prosecutors want judge steven o'neill to allow up to 19 others female accusers to testify that cosbyrugged and sexually assaulted them. the prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a consistent pattern of behavior the juror cos consider at this trial. the prosecution claims the women all tell virtually the same story. of being dee friended by cosby, being drugged and feeling foggy or fuzzy, having passed out or blacked out, only to later realize they had been sexually violated by the entertainer. cosby is charged in this case with drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand inside his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. the much older cosby was a friend of mentor to couldn't stand part of pattern say prosecutors of cosby taking advantage of such relationships. a brand new defense team led by former michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accusers stories are either too old, one dating back 39 years, too vague or too different from the constand allegation to be useful or fair a

the prosecution's tried once again to get judge steven o'neill to allow testimony from 19 other alleged cosby victims going back more than four decades to testify that bill cosby drugged and molested them in the same manner allegedly used against constand. the defense will arguing their side of the 19 so-called prior bad acts tomorrow. the cosby defense continues to say he's not guilty. jim, day two of the pretrial hearings will resume here in the morning. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" live at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. >> thank you vernon. >>> a bipartisan group of senators wants state law enforcement to be alerted when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun tries to purchase one. republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, democratic senator chris coons of delaware introduced the denial notification affect the bill requires federal authorities to notify state law enforcement when a felon or fugitive attempt to buy a firearm but fails the national instant criminal background check system. >> it's not rocket science to think that maybe we ought to be a

today prosecutors asked the judge steven o'neill to allow up to 19 other a accusers to testify that cosby drug and sexuals assaulted. prosecutors say they need the testimony to help bolster andrea con stan's credibility. defense is opposing letting those other women testify. >>> families of young bucks county men murdered last summer are looking for justice. attorneys announcing their long expected civil lawsuits again the confessed killer cosmo dinardo his cousin sean katz, dinardoss parents and businesses. dinardo charge charged in that y july 2017 brutal slaying of jimi patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas meo and mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this ever, lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. tom was everything. >> investigators believe di far dode sold marijuana that was how i was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths. he can treatmently close call for a firefighter in bucks county. he had a scary fire in a house fire this morning oh tonight we're hearing from his mom thankful he was able to escape without any injuries. let's get out to our shawne

the prosecution is trying once again get judge steven o'neill to allow testimony by 19 other alleged cosby victims going back more than four decades to testify that bill cosby drugged and molested them in the same manner allegedly using on constand. no ruling on that is expected today. judge o'neill did rule on two motions to dismiss. he denied both of them. as cosby continues to say he's not guilty of the charges lodged here against him. at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." the hearing resumes tomorrow. >> okay, vern, of course we'll have coverage tomorrow as well. thank you. >>> in the meantime the parents of bucks county murder suspect cosmo dinardo are now the target of a new wrongful death lawsuit. the families of three of the victims dean fin caro thomas mayo and? immee pratt trick filed that suit today. they say due to the documented mental issues his parents should have prevented his access of guns and the company owned construction equipment used in the killings. >> had he not had access to the gun, the backhoe, the pig r

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