Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial have told a judge they’re deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004.
The panel deliberated about 30 hours over four days before telling Judge Steven O’Neill on Thursday they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on any of the charges.
O’Neill sent them back to the jury room to keep talking.
Cosby is charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault.
His lawyer says Cosby and Andrea Constand were lovers sharing a consensual sexual encounter at his suburban Philadelphia home. Constand says Cosby gave her pills that made her woozy, then violated her.
Dozens of women have come forward to say he had drugged and assaulted them. This was the only case to result in criminal charges against Cosby.
The jury selection process is nutty. The lawyers purposefully try to find the most gullible or critical-thinking-deficient people. Opening my mouth during selection always gets me sent back downstairs. Can’t even imagine what they did for this trial. Tournament bracket rounds of “Connect Four” where the loser advances?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha… Connect Four seriously killed me…
But in all honesty, it does seem like in cases like this it’s an exercise in obstruction and undermining the ability to render a judgement, rather than facilitating one.
Donnie only hope’s he’ll be this lucky…