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District attorney praises Cosby victim after guilty verdicts

Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-in-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America’s Dad.

Cosby paid accuser $3.4M in 2006 settlement, prosecutor says

Bill Cosby paid nearly $3.4 million more than a decade ago in a settlement with the woman he is now charged with sexually assaulting, a prosecutor said Monday as the comedian’s retrial got underway.

Animation pioneer Isao Takahata dies at 82

Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn “manga” look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82.

 
Judge will allow defense witness to testify in Bill Cosby trial

The judge in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial gave his legal defense a huge boost Tuesday, ruling his lawyers can call a witness who says the accuser talked about framing a celebrity before she went to police in 2005 with allegations about the comedian.

Jury selection begins for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial

Prosecutors and the defense began picking a jury for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial Monday in a #MeToo era that could make the task more difficult.