WORLD NEWS: ENTERTAINMENT - As Bill Cosby Sex Assault Case Continues in Court

A former district attorney who decided not to charge Bill Cosby in a 2004 sexual assault case has told a judge he believes the deal he made with the comic's former lawyer is binding.

Philadelphia prosecutor Bruce Castor said Cosby "would've had to have been nuts" to say what he did in a 2005 deposition unless he knew he would be immune from prosecution.
Mr Castor gave the testimony in Montgomery County Court, where Cosby's lawyers are asking a judge to throw out the only criminal case against him from dozens of accusations that he molested women.

Cosby admitted in the 2005 deposition that he had a series of affairs with models and actresses, had obtained Quaaludes sedatives to give to women before sex, and gave Andrea Constand three pills before an encounter at his home in January 2004.

He said it was consensual but she said she was drugged and violated.

That testimony, which was only revealed last year, prompted Mr Castor's successor to reopen the case and ultimately charge the 78-year-old with felony sexual assault.

Mr Castor testified on Tuesday that while investigating the case he found inconsistencies with Ms Constand's story.

He also called the former Temple University athletics employee's year-long delay in reporting the alleged incident to a lawyer as a "red flag".

However, Mr Castor added he had hoped his decision not to charge Cosby at the time would free him to testify in a civil lawsuit and help Ms Constand win damages.

Cosby, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing over the sexual assault claims, has not entered a plea in relation to the criminal charge.

Earlier, the lawyer representing 29 women who claim they were sexually assaulted by Cosby told Sky News they deserve a day in court.

Gloria Allred said there is a "strong argument" for the criminal case to go ahead.

She added: "Many women have made serious accusations of drugging and raping against Mr Cosby.

"Some of Mr Cosby's supporters have been saying he should be able to have his day in court and yet the fact that he could have a day in court in the criminal case is something he is seeking to dismiss.

"It is important that there be a day in court not only for alleged victims such as my client Judy Huth, such as Andrea Constand, who is a named alleged victim in the criminal case, but everyone should be able to have a jury decide this case so that there can be accountability and justice."

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