NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Women who say comedian Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them decades ago are finally getting a chance to confront him – and they aren’t holding back.
Janice Baker-Kinney will return to the witness stand on Thursday after punctuating her first two hours of testimony at Cosby’s sexual assault retrial in suburban Philadelphia with a firm declaration: “I was raped.”
One woman testifying on Wednesday pointedly called Cosby a “serial rapist,” while another choked back tears as she asked him, “You remember, don’t you, Mr. Cosby?”
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The charged rhetoric has irritated Cosby’s lawyers, who have lost two bids for a mistrial.
Prosecutors are building a case that the man once revered as “America’s Dad” was one of Hollywood’s biggest predators long before he met the chief accuser in his retrial.
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Kathleen Bliss, lawyer for actor and comedian Bill Cosby, leaves the courtroom on lunch recess during the third day of Cosby’s retrial of his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The first accuser to testify at Cosby’s retrial described the comedian Wednesday as “a serial rapist” as she parried with his lawyers, while a second accuser tearfully confronted the comedian over a 32-year-old assault allegation: “You remember, don’t you, Mr. Cosby?” (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
Chelan Lasha weeps as she returns to the courtroom after recess to testify against Bill Cosby during Cosby’s sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
Chelan Lasha weeps as she returns to the courtroom after recess to testify against Bill Cosby during Cosby’s sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
Chelan Lasha weeps as she returns to the courtroom after recess to testify against Bill Cosby during Cosby’s sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
Prosecutor Kevin Steele walks from the courtroom for lunch recess during Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
Tom Mesereau, lawyer for actor and comedian Bill Cosby, leaves the courtroom on lunch recess during Cosby’s sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP)
Attorney Lisa Bloom speaks to the media during a break in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Attorney Gloria Allred speaks to the media during a break in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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