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Prosecutor's victory in Pa. could mean charges for Cosby


PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A career prosecutor has won election as district attorney in suburban Philadelphia, a result that could lead to charges against Bill Cosby in a decade-old sex assault complaint.

Democrat Kevin Steele on Tuesday defeated Republican Bruce Castor in Montgomery County. Castor had declined as district attorney in 2005 to bring charges in the Cosby case.

Steele has been closely involved in a new investigation of the complaint, brought by a former Temple University employee.

The investigation was expected to end if voters returned Castor to the job he had held from 2000 to 2008.

Castor recently questioned the accuser's credibility. The accuser sued him and said she'd stop cooperating in the new case if he won.

In his victory speech, Steele told supporters they had made a choice "to fight for victims."

Cosby has denied any wrongdoing.