Defense Rests In Bill Cosby Trial

NORRISTOWN, PA — After just a few minutes on Monday, Bill Cosby's defense team rested their case, according to multiple media reports. With the prosecution having rested their case last Friday afternoon, all that's left now is for the jurors to hear closing arguments.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Cosby, 79, stayed true to his original statement that he would not testify, thereby not opening himself up to cross-examination but also not giving himself an opportunity to tell his side of the story.

Instead, 6ABC reports that the only witness called by the defense was a Cheltenham police detective, Richard Schaffer, who also testified during the prosecution's case.

Schaffer led the initial 2005 investigation into Cosby and told jurors under questioning on Monday morning that Andrea Constand and Cosby had gone to a casino together, reports state.

The prosecution called five days of witnesses last week, including Constand, who has accused Cosby of giving her pills that rendered her unable to defend herself from Cosby's sexual advances.

Jurors also heard damning testimony from Cosby himself, given in 2005 during a civil suit filed by Constand.

"I don't hear her say anything,” prosecutors read Cosby’s testimony aloud in court. “And I don't feel her say anything. And so I continue and I go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejection."

The civil suit resulted in Cosby paying Constand an undetermined sum of money.

Cosby, who could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted, maintains his innocence. His attorneys have argued that his relationship and contact with Constand was consensual.

Catch up on last week at the Cosby trial with our summary here.

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