Juror cites 2 holdouts for Cosby mistrial

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial ended in a hung jury Saturday because two holdouts refused to convict the 79-year-old comedian after 52 hours of tense deliberations, a juror told ABC News on Wednesday.

The juror, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the jury couldn’t reach a consensus after deadlocking at 102 to convict Cosby on the first and third felony counts and 11-1 to acquit on the second count.

The two holdouts were “not moving, no matter what,” the juror told the network.

The juror said the majority of jurors had initially wanted to acquit Cosby on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

ABC published the interview after Judge Steven O’Neill ordered the public release of the jurors’ names, granting a request by a dozen media organizations. O’Neill, citing First Amendment rights and Supreme Court precedent, said the jurors would first be contacted and given instructions on what they can and cannot say if they talk to reporters.

Prosecutors plan to retry Cosby on allegations that he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. Cosby said the encounter with Andrea Constand was consensual.