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Second lawyer wants off Cosby sex assault case

ASSOCIATED PRESS Angela Agrusa, attorney for entertainer Bill Cosby, speaks outside Los Angeles Superior Court after a hearing on June 27. Agrusa filed documents today seeking to withdraw as Cosby’s counsel in Pennsylvania.

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 today 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 is asking to delay that hearing until Sept. 11.

District Attorney Kevin Steele is asking the judge to deny that request, saying it delays justice.

The 80-year-old comedian is being retried on charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand more than a decade ago. Cosby has said it was consensual.

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