The judge in the high-profile sexual assault case of sit-com royalty Bill Cosby, 79, has declared a mistrial on Saturday. After several days of deliberations, the jury could not come to a unanimous agreement, prompting the judge’s decision. The hung jury leaves open the possibility that Cosby will be tried again. District Attorney Kevin Steele said in a tweet that he will pursue retrial. The jury was considering allegations that Cosby drugged and molested Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University, at his home near Philadelphia in 2004. Cosby, who could have spent the rest of his life in prison if convicted, has claimed they had a consensual relationship. Dozens of women had come forward with similar claims over the past several years, but in most of those cases the statute of limitations applied.
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