Bill Cosby’s preliminary hearing set for March 8th

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The sexual assault case against Bill Cosby will move forward after a judge rejected the testimony of a former Philadelphia prosecutor, who said he promised Cosby would never be prosecuted. The decision allows the case to move to a preliminary hearing on March 8th.

Seventy-eight year old Cosby was arrested in December and charged with drugging and violating former Temple University athletic department employee at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004.

Cosby says he reached into Andrea Constand’s pants but insisted it was consensual. Constand’s lawyers have since pointed out that she is gay and was dating a woman at the time.

At issue will be whether a civil deposition Cosby gave can be used in the criminal case.

If convicted he could receive up to 10 years in prison.  He has not yet entered a plea.