Bill Cosby makes new bid to question accuser before sexual assault trial
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}July 7, 2016: Bill Cosby, center, leaves a pretrial hearing in his criminal sex-assault case at Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Bill Cosby is again fighting for the chance to question his accuser in court before his sexual-assault case goes to trial near Philadelphia.
Cosby's lawyers have filed their latest appeal on the issue of whether accuser Andrea Constand must testify at a preliminary hearing.
The current case law in Pennsylvania lets prosecutors use police statements to spare victims the ordeal of repeated court testimony.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But the state Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the issue. Cosby's lawyers say Constand should testify in case the law is reversed.
A Montgomery County judge has already upheld the charges and ordered the 79-year-old Cosby to stand trial.
He remains free on $1 million bail.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cosby insists his sexual encounter with Constand in 2004 was consensual. She says she was drugged and assaulted.