Bill Cosby judge to hear defence request for outside jurors

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s lawyers will make oral arguments this month on their bid to move the actor’s sexual assault trial to another Pennsylvania county.

The defence fears that Montgomery County jurors have been exposed to extensive news coverage of the case since Cosby’s arrest last year. The case was also an issue in the district attorney’s race in the suburban Philadelphia county.

Prosecutors want the trial held in Montgomery County, but don’t oppose bringing jurors in from elsewhere.

Judge Steven O’Neill on Wednesday has scheduled a Feb. 27 hearing. He plans to start the trial by June.