His accuser took the stand and recalled the night she was allegedly molested, telling the court, "I was jolted conscious, jolted awake, and I felt Mr. Cosby's hand groping my breasts, under my shirt".
Constand did not appear at the news conference. And, then he sexually assaulted Constand while she was not in her senses, she told police.
Dennis McAndrews, a prosecutor in the John DuPont murder trial, says he didn't expect the Cosby case to end in a mistrial, although knew it would be challenging for the jury. To her, the mistrial underscored how hard it is for rape victims to get justice in the court system; she was disappointed that the defense lawyers made their case by attacking Constand's credibility.
"If you are still deadlocked, you should report that to me".
Steele says he will retry the 79-year-old comedian on three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
Cosby also is battling sexual battery or defamation cases still pending by 10 women in California and MA. But on Saturday, moments after the mistrial was declared, he gave an inkling of his confidence level going into Round 2.
Cosby's supporters had hoped that a not-guilty verdict might tarnish the broader pool of accusations that have been leveled against him and stained his legacy.
It's likely that Cosby's defence team will try to block a new trial, but legal experts say they are unlikely to prevail. As such, the defense may not call him for the second trial if they think he's a loose canon or unreliable.
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Constand testified that the pills, which Cosby did not identify at the time, left her disoriented and unable to resist.
Cosby's defense lawyers, however, argued that Constand's account could not be trusted after they pointed to numerous discrepancies in her statements to police in 2005, when she first reported the encounter, which occurred almost a year earlier. "Devastated, but the work goes on", she said of the outcome.
She said that Cosby brought her three blue pills, saying they would help her relax and assuring her they were safe.
Agrusa, in a painstaking cross-examination, sought to portray Constand as a woman who had changed her story so often she should not be believed. They asked a series of questions throughout the day, but on Saturday, shortly after they were to resume deliberations, it became clear that there would be no verdict. One by one, each one said yes.
He conceded that Cosby is a flawed man, an unfaithful husband who shattered his fans' illusions, and that revelations of his womanizing have overtaken his previous image as a genial comedian and beloved TV dad.
"It's simply inappropriate at this time", O'Neill said.
In civil lawsuits in the United States, plaintiffs need only show that the weight of evidence is on their side, meaning they have information to tip the scales above 50 per cent in their favour, as opposed to criminal cases in which prosecutors must prove claims beyond a reasonable doubt.
But Steele said it was no accident that some of Constand's memories were faulty. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article. As it turned out, the deliberations ended up taking longer than the presentation of evidence did. "We have done that", said Steele.
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