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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on pretrial motions in Bill Cosby's sex assault case (all times local):
2:05 p.m.
Bill Cosby wants to move his trial out of a suburban Philadelphia courthouse, arguing there's been widespread negative press coverage of the sexual assault case.
Lawyers for the 79-year-old comedian filed a motion Friday that asked the judge to either move it out of Montgomery County or bring in a jury from elsewhere.
His lawyers say Cosby has been the target of an "inflammatory and prejudicial smear campaign" and branded as a monster, a sociopath and a sexual predator in news accounts.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office says prosecutors aren't opposed to the request.
Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman he knew through Temple University.
Trial is set for early June.
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Bill Cosby is starting 2017 in a legal dragnet that has only tightened around him since his stunning arrest a year ago.
Cosby was charged with aggravated sexual assault on Dec. 30, 2015, just days before the 12-year statute of limitations would have run out over a 2004 encounter at his estate near Philadelphia.
Some legal experts wonder if Cosby will seek a plea deal after losing a series of defense motions.
But a spokeswoman for Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele says there's no truth to those reports.
The 79-year-old Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman he knew through Temple University.
The judge must soon decide if other accusers can testify as "prior bad act" witnesses.
The trial is set to start by June.
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