As the prosecution rested in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial Friday, a rep for the actor opened the door to the possibility of Cosby taking the stand in his defense.
“Nothing is ever off the table,” said Cosby rep Andrew Wyatt.
Cosby’s legal team has previously said they do not plan for him to testify. This week, jurors heard two decade-old interviews with Cosby, one with police and one in a deposition in a civil lawsuit brought by Andrea Costand, the accuser in his criminal trial.
It is possible that after days of hearing himself — sometimes with his head in his hands — Cosby may be reconsidering whether he wants to speak for himself in the here and now.
In portions of the deposition read Friday, Cosby admitted that he procured seven prescriptions for Quaaludes to give to women before sex — but he said he never administered them to someone who didn’t know what they were. He also said he had no intention of taking them himself.
He also said he gave Costand one-and-a-half pills of the decongestant Benadryl.
Costand has testified that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in January 2004. The prosecution rested its case Friday with testimony from forensic toxicologist Dr. Timothy Rohrig, who said that the effects Andrea Constand said she experienced after taking pills Cosby gave her — rubbery legs, blurred vision — could have come after taking either Benadryl or Quaaludes.