NORRISTOWN, PA - JUNE 17: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse on June 17, 2017 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. After 52 hours of deliberation, a mistrial was announced in Cosby's sexual assault trial. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)Things aren’t looking too good for Bill Cosby as a second lawyer withdraws from his upcoming retrial, which is set for November.
Earlier this month Cosby’s lead attorney, Brian McMonagle of Philadelphia, stepped away from the case.
According to USA Today, Cosby’s second lead attorney, Angela Agrusa of Los Angeles, filed paperwork on Tuesday stating that she would be stepping away from the case as well.
Cosby’s spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt declined to comment, but did say to USA Today in an email, “our new counsel will be in place by the end of the month.” Previously Wyatt stated he was “vetting lawyers on his short-list,” when McMonagle stepped down from the case.
Cosby is reportedly “seeking to delay until Sept. 11th a pre-trial hearing in Norristown, Pa., set for Aug. 22 to discuss, among other matters, whether or not he will have new lawyers by then.”
Both McMonagle and Agrusa defended Cosby during his first trial, which ended in a deadlock as the jury was unable to determine a verdict and the judge declared the case a mistrial.
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