NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A second lawyer who defended Bill Cosby in his sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury wants off the case before the start of his retrial that’s set for November.
Los Angeles-based lawyer Angela Agrusa filed documents Tuesday seeking to withdraw as Cosby’s counsel. Lead defense lawyer Brian McMonagle, of Philadelphia, asked to be taken off the case earlier this month.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill previously set a hearing for Aug. 22 to discuss that request. Agrusa wants that hearing delayed until Sept. 11.
District Attorney Kevin Steele is asking the judge to deny the request, saying it delays justice.
The comedian, 80, is being retried on charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand more than a decade ago.
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