'This was just the dress rehearsal. Round two is coming up': Bill Cosby's other accusers vow to bring him to justice after mistrial
- Some of Bill Cosby's other accusers attended his trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania
- They were disappointed when the jury failed to reach a verdict on whether he sexually assaulted Andrea Constand in 2004
- The other women have never had their claims brought to criminal court because of the statute of limitations
- Police arrested Cosby on the back of Constand's claims in December 2015 - days before Pennsylvania's 12-year statute of limitations came in to effect
Bill Cosby's other accusers vowed to bring him to justice this week in a show of defiance after the actor's sexual assault trial ended without a verdict.
Dozens of women have accused Cosby of drugging and molesting them over the last 50 years but none have seen him criminally prosecuted over their claims because of the statute of limitations in various states where they say he abused them.
Their hopes to see him jailed rested on the allegations of Andrea Constand who says she was attacked by him in 2004, which was recent enough for Pennsylvania's statute of limitations when Cosby was arrested in 2015.
When a jury failed to reach a verdict on her accusations after a two-week, highly-publicized trial in Norristown earlier this month, the other women were outraged.
Cosby accusers Lili Bernard (left) and Victoria Valentino (right) have vowed to keep fighting to see him brought to justice after his two-week sexual assault trial ended without a verdict
'Justice for Andrea would have been justice not just for all of us survivors of his but all survivors of rape, all women,' Victoria Valentino, who says Cosby drugged and raped her in 1969, told New York Magazine.
'I’ve been talking about this stuff for two and a half years. I wanted to see it completed, to come to fruition.
Cosby is accused of raping dozens of women over several decades but has never been convicted over any of their claims
'None of us thought we’d ever see him go to trial, and we wanted to stand witness, to let Andrea know she wasn’t alone, and let the world know we were standing in our truth,' she went on.
Valentino attended the trial with fellow accusers Jewel Allison, Linda Kirkpatrick, Lili Bernard, Therese Serignese, and Barbara Bowman.
Bernard, a Cosby Show guest star who says she was drugged and raped by the star in the early 1990s, said: 'This was just the dress rehearsal. Round two is coming up.'
Since a mistrial was declared, on June 17, several of the jurors have spoken out.
They anonymously told various media outlets of the tense deliberations which led to tears and violent frustration.
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Some said that only two jurors were convinced of Cosby's innocence but that they refused to reconsider their votes.
Others said the figure was a more even split.
Andrea Constand was the first of his accusers to have her allegations tried in criminal court
Immediately after a mistrial was declared, prosecutors vowed to retry Cosby mercilessly.
The 79-year-old was quietly confident throughout proceedings that he would walk free at the end of them.
He maintains that his encounter with Constand was consensual.
Despite denying ever sexually attacking any of the women, Cosby has admitted in past depositions in lawsuits which lay bare their claims that he has acquired drugs in the past to help women sleep with him.
He is embroiled in civil litigation with several of the women.
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