Bill Cosby Employs Michael Jackson’s Former Lawyer, Tom Mesereau

Bill Cosby has hired Tom Mesereau, the high-profile lawyer who won an acquittal for Michael Jackson during his 2005 child-molestation trial and describes himself as “unconventional.” The announcement of a new legal team for the embattled comedian was made via his Twitter account.
The new team includes former federal prosecutor Kathleen Bliss and prominent Pennsylvania attorney Sam Silver. His previous attorneys, Brian McMonagle and Angela Agrusa, had notified the court that they would not be representing Cosby when he is retried on charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his Pennsylvania home in 2004.
Mesereau, who is based in Los Angeles, has been involved in several celebrity cases, including the murder trial and acquittal of actor Robert Blake, although he also does pro bono work in capital cases in the South.