Bill Cosby Jury Deadlocked

NORRISTOWN, PA — The jury in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial is reportedly deadlocked and has been sent back by the judge to deliberate. The jury will resume Friday for its fifth day of deliberations to determine if Cosby is guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

Anticipation has built throughout the week at the Montgomery County Courthouse as hordes of journalists and other onlookers anxiously wait for a verdict.

The defense rested its case on Monday afternoon after calling just one witness to the stand: the Cheltenham detective who led the investigation into Cosby in 2004. The prosecution had pursued its case against Cosby for five days last week, resting on Friday afternoon. Cosby himself did not testify, but the jury did play testimony from a 2005 civil suit in which Cosby said he gave Andrea Constand something with her wine before making sexual advances, NBC10 reports.

Much of the jury's deliberations seemed to be focused on Cosby's words, especially his testimony from the 2005 civil suit filed by Constand which resulted in Cosby paying her an undisclosed sum. Jurors asked the court for clarification and context on several different occasions.

During its deliberations Monday, the jury reportedly asked the court for context regarding one of Cosby's more infamous quotes from his 2005 testimony. The jury had further clarification questions regarding that testimony on Tuesday as well.

The alleged incidents occurred in 2004 and were briefly investigated in 2005, but the investigation was dropped due to a lack of evidence by then-Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor.

Although more than 40 women have accused Cosby of some kind of sexual assault, Constand's case was the first to be brought this far along in the justice system. Most of his other accusers allege incidents that occurred in decades past, long enough ago that the statute of limitations has passed, meaning they cannot prosecute.

The charges carry a penalty of ten years in prison.

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