Bill Cosby Headed For Trial in Criminal Case Brought by Lesbian Accuser (Video)

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 Bill Cosby Headed For Trial in Criminal Case Brought by Lesbian Accuser
Andrea Constand is one of dozens of women who have come forward to say the comedy legend once drugged her and raped her, and it's her complaint that will be the first one heard in a Philadelphia courtroom.
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          May 25, 2016
          
        
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Bill Cosby Headed For Trial in Criminal Case Brought by Lesbian Accuser

Andrea Constand is one of dozens of women who have come forward to say the comedy legend once drugged her and raped her, and it's her complaint that will be the first one heard in a Philadelphia courtroom.

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