[Judge]O’Neill seemed to grow weary of the flurry of motions from Cosby’s seven-member defense team and the length of time the defense spent arguing them.
“The court is not happy with the way the arguments are unfolding,” he said Tuesday morning. “I’d like to keep the arguments on these issue to at least 3 minutes.
More from Mesereau during his opening:
Constand stiffed roommates on utility bills, racked up big credit card bills and operated a Ponzi scheme while running women's basketball operations at Temple University, where Cosby was an alumnus and trustee, Mesereau said.
He said Constand went to Cosby's home at least a half-dozen times and sneaked into bed with him at a Connecticut casino.
"You're going to be wondering: What did she want from Bill Cosby?" Mesereau said. "You already know the answer: money, money and lots more money."
He said Constand outlined her scheme to a Temple University colleague, Marguerite Jackson. The defense plans to call Jackson as a witness, and Mesereau said she will testify that Constand - inspired by a story they saw on the news - mused about setting up a celebrity so she could sue and get money.
The judge is allowing five other accusers to testify. Meseareau told the jury to ignore them as irrelevant (to the charges.)
Mesereau urged jurors to ignore the other accusers, calling them irrelevant to this case. He also urged them to set aside any sympathy they might have for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct....
Costand received a $3.4 million settlement from Cosby years ago. The judge rejected the defense request to prevent other accusers from testifying:
Judge Steven T. O’Neill is allowing prosecutors to present accounts from five women who say Mr. Cosby tried to intoxicate them as part of a plan to sexually abuse them, accusations similar to Ms. Constand’s that the prosecution says demonstrate a signature pattern of assault. In the first trial only one additional accuser was allowed to add her voice.
...One of the additional accusers who prosecutors plan to call is Janice Dickinson, the former supermodel, who said Mr. Cosby drugged and raped her in Lake Tahoe in 1982.
The jury includes seven men and five women. Two jurors (a male and female) are African-American.
