{"id":42381,"date":"2017-08-22T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42381"},"modified":"2017-08-22T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:50:37","slug":"bill-cosby-hires-michael-jackson-lawyer-sex-assault-retrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/bill-cosby-hires-michael-jackson-lawyer-sex-assault-retrial.html","title":{"rendered":"Bill Cosby hires Michael Jackson lawyer for sex assault retrial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bill Cosby hires Michael Jackson lawyer for sex assault retrial<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bill Cosby hires Michael Jackson lawyer for sex assault retrial:- Bill Cosby wants a judge 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style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A Cosby spokesman announced yesterday that a new team, which includes Jackson lawyer Tom Mesereau, had been hired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/world\/bill-cosby-hires-michael-jackson-lawyer-for-sex-assault-retrial-802914.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/bill-cosby-hires-michael-jackson-lawyer-sex-assault-retrial.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff 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