Bill Cosby

Norristown (Pennsylvania): Bill Cosby was set to return to a Pennsylvania courtroom yesterday, where his lawyers were expected to renew their battle with prosecutors over whether more than a dozen female accusers can testify at his criminal sexual trial next year.

The outcome of the argument is crucial for Cosby (79). If prosecutors are successful, the entertainer would face a parade of witnesses portraying him as a serial predator, rather than a single woman testifying about a decade-old encounter fueled by drugs and alcohol.