LOS ANGELES — The latest sexual assault trial against Bill Cosby began Wednesday with opening statements in Santa Monica.
Judy Huth, 64, has accused the disgraced comedian, 84, of assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion when she was a teenager in the mid-1970s. Both sides were scheduled to present their opening statements ahead of testimony, nearly eight years after Huth, in December 2014, first accused Cosby of sexual assault.
The proceedings got off to a rocky start Wednesday morning, with the judge calling the court to order nearly 40 minutes late. Almost immediately, however, he sent the jury out of the room, apologizing while informing them that Cosby’s legal team had raised several issues they needed to discuss privately.
