Every Time Bill Cosby's Lawyer Shut It Down

Monique Pressley pulls an Annalise Keating on Team Cosby.

Who's That Girl? - Bill Cosby's new attorney Monique Pressley did the unthinkable: for a brief moment, she turned people's attention away from her client's alleged heinous crimes and had us all wondering who she is and where she came from. Here's what we know: Pressley is a successful trial attorney, a radio-show host, a TV legal analyst, an ordained minister, and a mother of two. Seeing her speak makes it clear why so many are calling her a real-life Annalise Keating (as in, the bawse lawyer Viola Davis made history playing on How to Get Away With Murder). Regardless of whether or not you support Cosby, it’s hard to deny that Monique Pressley is an expert when it comes to shutting you down. Here are some of her greatest moments. 

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Who's That Girl? - Bill Cosby's new attorney Monique Pressley did the unthinkable: for a brief moment, she turned people's attention away from her client's alleged heinous crimes and had us all wondering who she is and where she came from. Here's what we know: Pressley is a successful trial attorney, a radio-show host, a TV legal analyst, an ordained minister, and a mother of two. Seeing her speak makes it clear why so many are calling her a real-life Annalise Keating (as in, the bawse lawyer Viola Davis made history playing on How to Get Away With Murder). Regardless of whether or not you support Cosby, it’s hard to deny that Monique Pressley is an expert when it comes to shutting you down. Here are some of her greatest moments. 

She's Not Here for Hive Mentality - “Through the decades we have seen what we used to call lynch mobs, where people turned and pointed the finger at one person and accused that person of doing something that they did not do.”(Photo: CNN)

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She's Not Here for Hive Mentality - “Through the decades we have seen what we used to call lynch mobs, where people turned and pointed the finger at one person and accused that person of doing something that they did not do.”(Photo: CNN)

She'll Call You Out on Your Hypocrisy - “Do people do things 40 years earlier that they consider acceptable and then no longer consider them acceptable 40 years later? Certainly.”  (Photo: Inside Edition)

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She'll Call You Out on Your Hypocrisy - “Do people do things 40 years earlier that they consider acceptable and then no longer consider them acceptable 40 years later? Certainly.”  (Photo: Inside Edition)

She Has the Perfect Answer for Why Cosby Isn't Proclaiming His Innocence - “That’s exactly what I’m here to do, what do you mean?” (Photo: The Huffington Post)

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She Has the Perfect Answer for Why Cosby Isn't Proclaiming His Innocence - “That’s exactly what I’m here to do, what do you mean?” (Photo: The Huffington Post)

She's Taking Over Team Cosby - “Under the good advice of council he’s letting me do the talking for him and that’s why I’m here tonight.” (Photo: CBS)

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She's Taking Over Team Cosby - “Under the good advice of council he’s letting me do the talking for him and that’s why I’m here tonight.” (Photo: CBS)

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She's Not Above Playing the Old Man Card - “His current health status doesn’t have anything to do with the defense for this unsubstantiated charge. His current health status is that he is a 78-year-old blind man, who they’ve chosen to charge. That’s not a defense to a crime that’s just a fact.”(Photo: CNN)

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She's Not Above Playing the Old Man Card - “His current health status doesn’t have anything to do with the defense for this unsubstantiated charge. His current health status is that he is a 78-year-old blind man, who they’ve chosen to charge. That’s not a defense to a crime that’s just a fact.”(Photo: CNN)

She's Adamant That a Fan Picture Isn't Proof of Rape - “We could take a picture in the greenroom, it could be just you and me and three assistants. I could wait ten, twenty, thirty years. Wait until you’ve sold twenty books…you’ve made all your millions.” (Photo: News One Now)

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She's Adamant That a Fan Picture Isn't Proof of Rape - “We could take a picture in the greenroom, it could be just you and me and three assistants. I could wait ten, twenty, thirty years. Wait until you’ve sold twenty books…you’ve made all your millions.” (Photo: News One Now)

She Has No Time for a Trial By Media - “If you open newspaper articles or you turn on the TV and you see people saying things like, ‘Cosby is a rapist,’ or ‘Cosby is guilty of sexual assault.’ Those things which are legal terms of art, and require proof, and charge, and conviction, are not true.” (Photo: MSNBC)

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She Has No Time for a Trial By Media - “If you open newspaper articles or you turn on the TV and you see people saying things like, ‘Cosby is a rapist,’ or ‘Cosby is guilty of sexual assault.’ Those things which are legal terms of art, and require proof, and charge, and conviction, are not true.” (Photo: MSNBC)

She's Not Afraid of Blaming the So-Called Victims - “Mr. Cosby, as of today, is innocent until proven guilty. And there shall be no proof, because the statute of limitations has passed…people [are] attempting to go through media and through public opinion what they cannot do and have failed to do in a court of law.” (Photo: CNN)

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She's Not Afraid of Blaming the So-Called Victims - “Mr. Cosby, as of today, is innocent until proven guilty. And there shall be no proof, because the statute of limitations has passed…people [are] attempting to go through media and through public opinion what they cannot do and have failed to do in a court of law.” (Photo: CNN)

She Got a Huge Co-Sign From Tom Joyner - Shortly after she was hired, Pressley talk to Joyner on his morning radio show, during which the media heavyweight paid her a huge compliment: “You know, Monique Pressley, I never heard of you before this, but just listening to you just now, I think Bill Cosby has chosen a very good attorney.” (Photo: CNN)

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She Got a Huge Co-Sign From Tom Joyner - Shortly after she was hired, Pressley talk to Joyner on his morning radio show, during which the media heavyweight paid her a huge compliment: “You know, Monique Pressley, I never heard of you before this, but just listening to you just now, I think Bill Cosby has chosen a very good attorney.” (Photo: CNN)