As
Radar reported, after years of rape allegations by at least 55 women, Bill
Cosby was finally arrested Dec. 30 in relation to the alleged 2004 rape of
Andrea Constand, but now, a single email threatens to tank the entire case.
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in 2005, a former Pennsylvania District Attorney allegedly made a verbal
agreement with Cosby that he would not face criminal charges for any
revelations made in the course of deposition testimony given in relation to the
civil lawsuit that Constand brought against him after their encounter. The
Daily Mail reports that former D.A. Bruce Castor explained the deal to his
successor,
Risa Vetri Ferman via email, saying that his intent in making the
agreement was to help Constand’s civil case by eliminating the possibility of
Cosby pleading the Fifth during deposition testimony.
“I
can see no possibility that Cosby’s deposition could be used in a state
criminal case, because I would have to testify as to what happened, and the
deposition would be subject to suppression,” the email read. “I cannot believe
any state court judge would allow that deposition into evidence… Knowing this,
unless you can make out a case without that deposition and without anything the
deposition led you to, I think Cosby would have an action against the County
and maybe even against you personally.”
Although
this email was sent just three short months before Cosby’s arrest, current D.A.
Kevin Steele has said that he will fight to have the agreement thrown out on
procedural grounds. Still, the 78-year-old’s legal team is fighting tooth and
nail to ensure that Cosby’s admissions do not result in jail time. “A citizen’s
constitutional rights cannot be thwarted by politically motivated prosecutors
willing to break agreements made by their predecessors,” Cosby’s attorney Brian
McMonagle wrote in a motion. “The commonwealth’s agreement must be enforced,
and the charges dismissed.”
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