Bill Cosby is seeking defense lawyers in preparation for the pending probe into a 2005 Pennsylvania court case where former Temple University employee Andrea Constand alleged that Cosby sexually assaulted her, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Cosby could face charges in Montgomery County if the decade-old case is reopened for investigation.
While Risa Vetri Ferman, Montgomery County District Attorney, would not confirm that her office would reopen the case, she said that it would be in her prosecutors' jurisdiction to reinvestigate the sexual assault case now that new evidence has come to light.
"Prosecutors have a responsibility to review past conclusions ... when current information might lead to a different decision," Ferman said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press.
In the case involving Constand, Cosby admitted to obtaining prescriptions for Quaaludes (a sedative drug) with the intent to give them to women he wanted to have sex with, as previously reported by HNGN. Cosby's confession was part of a deposition in the court documents that were unsealed earlier this year.
Edwin J. Jacobs, an Atlantic City lawyer known for representing alleged mob members, said that he did speak with Cosby's representatives regarding the Montgomery case, according to the Inquirer, but Jacobs said that he is not currently representing the 78-year-old former "The Cosby Show" star.
Dolores Troiani, Constand's lawyer, said that if the case were reopened, her client would cooperate fully in the new investigation, since the case is quickly reaching its 12-year deadline for the state's statute of limitations.
"She's a very strong lady," Troiani told the AP. "She'll do whatever they request of her."
