“We’re going to go through the phone records.” Mesereau told her before asking, “do you remember calling him twice on Valentines Day after you say you were assaulted?”
“Um, I don’t remember that at all.” Constand answered, matching 2017 testimony when Cosby’s former attorney gave her a similar line of questioning. “Okay. We’ll go through the phone records with you.” Mesereau added.
“Did you have dinner with Mr. Cosby at a Chinese restaurant after you were assaulted?” Mesereau asked. “No.” Constand replied.
“After you say you were assaulted, you had dinner with him at Chinese restaurant, correct?” Mesereau asked. Constand, not sure how to word her answer told Mesereau “Um, I was mistaken sir. That was not the evening of the incident.”
“We’ll get to that. After you say you were assaulted, you had dinner at a Chinese restaurant, correct?” Mesereau asked again.“I’m confused.” Constand said, as jurors looked over at her, also confused.
“Did you have dinner at a Chinese restaurant with Mr. Cosby after you say you were assaulted?” Mesereau asked for the 3rd time. “No.”
“Not that following March?” Mesereau asked, hinting he was basing his question off of one of her previous testimonies.
“The dinner was in March…” Constand said, pausing again. “I’m confused, I’m really sorry. Could you repeat the question?”
“Yes, yes.” Mesereau said, before repeating the question for the 4th time. “You certainly had dinner with him at a Chinese restaurant in March and then went back to his house, correct?” Rephrasing it, so Constand could understand it better.
“No. That didn’t happen” Constand said.
Mesereau quickly replied, “You did,” and repeated it in a softer tone, “you did.”
“Yes I did,” Constand said, repeating it for a second time, “yes I did.”
“You went back to the house of the person who had assaulted you to talk to him alone, correct?” Mesereau replied. “I did. I wanted to know what he gave me and why he did that to me.” Constand told him.
“And after that you arranged to have your family to go to a concert with him, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Ohhhhh, yes” she told him.
“Did you tell the police ‘the complainant advised the incident was a significant factor for her resignation?’” Mesereau asked.
“I may [have] mentioned it because to some degree it was a very painful incident.” Constand told him, but testified several times prior to that, that the night she was assaulted, she was visited Bill Cosby’s house to tell him she was planning to resign to get a job as a massage therapist.
“But you went to see Mr. Cosby the night you said you were assaulted to say you were resigning, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Yes.” Constand replied.
Mesereau then provided Constand with a copy of her 2nd police report filed just days after the first one to compare the two statements given. “Ms. Constand I’ve given you a document that’s titled Cheltenham Police Department Investigation and Interview Report, do you see that?” Mesereau asked. “Yes.” Constand told Mesereau.
“And this suggests that you interviewed with the Cheltenham Township Police Department on January 19, 2005, right?” Mesereau asked. “Yes,” Constand replied. “So this would’ve been a few days after you spoke to the Durham Police, right?”
“That’s right.” Constand replied.
“Okay. Did you tell the Cheltenham Police on Jan 19, 2005 that the date of the alleged incident may have been March 16, 2004?” Mesereau asked.
“Yes sir.” Constand replied. “Now why did the dates change from January 2004 to March 2004 in a few days?” Mesereau asked, comparing the statement she gave the Durham Regional Police just a few days prior to the statement she gave to Cheltenham Police. “Because I was mistaken on the night of the Chinese food and the actual night of the incident.” Constand replied.
“Well the night of the Chinese dinner was apparently March 16 right?” Mesereau asked. “That’s right.” Constand replied.
“That’s the night you said you went back to his house, correct?” Mesereau asked. “I did go back to his house, correct.” She told him.
“Why did you get that confused?” Mesereau asked. “I was just trying to recall, um, whenever I met with the police I was just trying to recall an enormous amount of, um, information and I was very nervous and,” Constand continued. “Um, I was trying to piece it, I was just trying to piece it together.”
“Why did knowing when you had dinner at a Chinese restaurant affect when you believe the assault had occurred?” Mesereau asked. “It was a time knowing when I had seen Mr. Cosby. Um, but, I didn’t, but I forgot it was the time I had confronted him. I actually went to his home to confront him that evening.” Constand said.
“Didn’t you tell the jury you had nothing to eat before you went to his house and were assaulted?” Mesereau asked. “I was on an empty stomach sir. I had little to no food in my stomach when I went to see Mr. Cosby that night.”
“But if that’s true, why did you think the night you had dinner at a Chinese restaurant was the night of the assault?” Mesereau asked.
“It was just confusion on my part sir I indicated that I was mistaken just a little confusion.” Constand said.
“Did you tell Cheltenham Police you had been to Mr. Cosby’s home 3-4 times and that the visits were always business related?” Mesereau asked. “I may have yes.” Constand replied. “But all your visits with Mr. Cosby were not just business related, correct?” Mesereau asked. “They were business related and personal.” Constand replied.
“Ok. You told the police attorneys you had contacted in Philadelphia, correct? Mesereau asked. “I did.” Constand said. “You called them before you called the police in Durham, correct?” Mesereau asked. “That’s right.” Constand said.
“Was this the 1st time you had ever tried to hire a lawyer?” Mesereau asked. “Yes.” Constand replied.
Mesereau, in a loud distinguished tone asked: “Ma’am you hired a lawyer to try and get immigration status in America didn’t you?”
“I believe that was many years later.” Constand replied.
“Later?” Mesereau asked. “Yes.” Constand told him. “Or was it during the years at Temple?” he followed up. “No, Temple had an immigrations advisor I had dealt with and they did all the paperwork.” Constand told him.
“And you told the Cheltenham Police you don’t have money, correct?” Mesereau asked.
Constand, stuttered “I, I don’t, um. It’s. It’s. I. It just says. I don’t have money, I would be putting it on my Visa I don’t know what that’s in regards to.”
“I’m just asking if you said that to them,” Mesereau replied. “I don’t know sir. I don’t know what it’s in regards to or why I would say that.” Constand said.
“Did you tell Montgomery County Detectives your responsibilities were to organize travel, game promotions and you had traveled with the team, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Correct.” Constand said, contradicting what she told prosecutors earlier that day when she testified that she was not responsible for travel arrangements.
“Now moving to the next page, if you looked at the next to last question it says Under what circumstances did you leave the university, do you see that?” Mesereau asked. “Yes.” Constand told him.
“Did you tell the police you wanted a ‘change in my life, I thought it was dead end position for me, I knew a different path was on my horizon?’” Mesereau asked.
“Yes I said that.” Constand said. “According to this interview, you never mention Mr. Cosby was a reason for you leaving the university, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Correct.” Constand said.
“After your second visit, you drove all the way to Connecticut to see him on another occasion, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Correct.” Constand said. “When you drove to Connecticut, did you think he had any physical interest in you?” Mesereau asked. “No, I did not.” She replied. “You knew he was married, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Yes,” Constand replied, in a more quiet tone than before. “Twice you drove to his house and went in [through] the back door, correct?” Mesereau asked. “That’s right.” She told him. “Now, you’re driving to Connecticut to be in a hotel where he’s staying, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Um, yes.” She said.
“You checked into your room, correct?” Mesereau asked. “That’s right.” Constand said. “You went and had dinner with he and another person in his room, correct?” Mesereau asked. “That’s right.” Constand said.
“[You] went back to your room, correct?” Mesereau asked. “That’s right.” Constand said. “[Then] went up to his room, correct?” Mesereau asked. “Yes.” She said. “Did you think there would be any interest, by him, towards you, when you went up to his room for a second time?” Mesereau asked.
“No. I went up for a pastry he was offering me.” Constand said, referring to the “baked goods” she told prosecutors he had promised her. “So, you didn’t think when you went up he would have any physical interest in you?” Mesereau asked again. “No.” Constand said.
“And in the hotel room you laid in his bed, correct?” Mesereau asked.
“I didn’t lay in his bed sir.” Constand said, contradicting several other reports.
“Your honor, I would like to read to the jury sworn testimony from Ms. Constand.” Mesereau said, referring to her previous testimony.
“Do you remember being deposed in your lawsuit against Mr. Cosby in 2005?” Mesereau said. “Yes I do.” Constand replied.
“You were asked the question, ‘did you lay in a bed with him in a hotel room?’ and you said ‘yes.’”
“Right.” Constand replied, as jurors looked back and forth.
“Thank you.” Mesereau said, showing jurors that she had lied under oath either in her lawsuit against Bill Cosby where she asked for over $3 million or on the stand before them.