Bill Cosby's Request To Suppress Phone Call Denied By Montco Judge

Bill Cosby's request to have a phone call with the mother of his sexual assault accuser removed from evidence has been denied by a Montgomery County judge.

Judge Steven T. O'Neill denied the motion in a court order on Friday. The conversation with the mother of Andrea Constand sometime after the alleged assault in February of 2004.

The precise nature of the phone call is unclear, but Cosby's team clearly feels it would portray him in a less than flattering light. Cosby has been charged with felony aggravated indecent assault of Constand, a former Temple University.

Cosby's trial date has been set for June 5, 2017, but that date could be pushed back due to Cosby's lawyers crowded schedule.

Prosecutors recently filed in Montgomery County court to have the testimony of 13 other women who have accused Cosby of crimes related to sexual assault included in evidence. All of the women allege similar criminal actions to those alleged by Andrea Constand, the former Temple University employee whose case is presently being pursued: that Cosby, to some extent, drugged and sexually assaulted them.

Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor decided in February 2005 not to prosecute. Constand then won a civil suit against Cosby for battery and sexual assault, a case which ran from March 8, 2005 through to July 13, 2006.

Constand's case against Cosby is the first against the former comedian to be brought this far along in the legal process.

Image courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.