Cosby accuser slammed as 'con artist' in defense's scorching opening statement
by Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Apr 10, 2018
4 minutes
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby's lead attorney launched a blistering attack Tuesday on the character and credibility of the former Temple University basketball staffer who has accused the comedian of drugging and sexually assaulting her, calling Andrea Constand a "con artist" who "hit the jackpot" with an earlier $3.8-million civil settlement against him.
"Watch who this person Constand really is," Tom Mesereau, the Los Angeles attorney who heads Cosby's legal team, told the jury in his no-holds-barred opening statement at Cosby's retrial in suburban Philadelphia.
He painted the 44-year-old accuser as an opportunistic schemer who had calculatedly pursued Cosby, now 80, as
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