Former Montgomery County Prosecutor Comments On Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Charges

December 31, 2015 – – AbuseGuardian.com, reports on comments from a former Montgomery County Prosecutor and current sexual assault survivor attorney, Brian Kent, Esq., on the recent charges filed against Bill Cosby for aggravated sexual assault.

Kent commented: “One can only conclude that the charges of aggravated sexual assault levied against Mr. Cosby are significantly buoyed really because of his 2015 deposition testimony wherein he admitted to giving quaaludes to the victim, which became public during the summer. If he had asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in that deposition, which he should have done, this evidence would not have existed to significantly bolster the evidence against him and potentially, the criminal case would not have been reopened.”

Mr. Kent was a sex crimes prosecutor at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office under District Attorney Bruce Castor from 2004 through 2007 where he was responsible for prosecuting cases against those who committed sexual assault/abuse crimes. Kevin Steele, the current District Attorney who charged Mr. Cosby, was Mr. Kent’s trial chief.

Kent continued: “Mr. Cosby has already settled a confidential civil lawsuit with the woman who is the alleged victim in this criminal charge. A civil settlement does not mean that Mr. Cosby is guilty or not guilty. They basically settled out of court. I welcome today’s charges, announced by District Attorney Kevin Steele, as now a court of law will hear all the evidence and decide whether Mr. Cosby is guilty of the charges of sexual assault.”

To date, over 50 women have stepped forward with similar allegations against Cosby. The comedy star allegedly used alcohol and pills to render women unconscious where he continued to sexually assault them.

The applicable statute of limitations regarding the current charges against Mr. Cosby is twelve years from the date of the offense. The charges filed this week come eleven years after the alleged incident where Andrea Constand was drugged and sexually assaulted. Prosecutors in 2005 declined to press charges against Mr. Cosby in this case due to a cited lack of evidence, however this Wednesday, they decided to proceed after the unsealing of Cosby’s deposition in July by a judge as well as the corroboration of other women who allege they were assaulted by Cosby in a similar manner, resulting in the re-opening of the criminal case.

Mr. Cosby and his legal team continue to deny that he sexually assaulted Ms. Andrea Constand. They have taken the same position on approximately 50 other women who have come forward alleging sexual assault by Cosby.

Cosby is currently free on $1,000,000 bail as the criminal legal process moves forward.

Brian Kent is an experienced sexual assault victim attorney. He has represented victims in civil lawsuits against Penn State for the sexual assault committed by Jerry Sandusky, and he regularly speaks and teaches Continuing Legal Education to peers on the subject of sexual assault crimes and civil lawsuits to obtain compensation from entities whose negligence enabled the abuse to occur. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the Thomas Kline School of Law at Drexel School of Law in Philadelphia.

Mr. Kent is currently actively involved in various sexual assault/abuse civil cases, including, most notably, civil cases against a specific franchisee of the spa chain Massage Envy in Pennsylvania where he has filed several lawsuits that allege Massage Envy was negligent in enabling the sexual assault of plaintiffs who attended the Spa for massages, as well as representing the victim in the civil case against Father Andrew McCormick and the Archdiocese of Philadephia.

For media inquiries or questions about sexual assault, contact Brian Kent on 866-577-2786.

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