Bill Cosby sex assault trial begins in Pennsylvania

Case expected to be biggest US celebrity trial since OJ Simpson appeared in court in 1995

Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby outside Allegheny County Courthouse in May
(Image credit: Nate Smallwood/Getty Images)

TV star and comedian Bill Cosby goes on trial in Pennsylvania today, accused of drugging and molesting a younger woman.

The trial, which is expected to last a fortnight, is likely to be met with as much interest as when the American football player OJ Simpson was tried for murder in 1995.

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