The crowd gathered outside the courthouse where jurors are deliberating over Bill Cosby’s fate was overwhelmingly supportive on Friday night, as those gathered chanted “Bless you Bill” as Cosby exited.
Cosby stopped to address the media, and he wished everyone a “Happy Father’s Day” and urged his supporters to stay calm and focused.
“I just want to wish all of the fathers a Happy Father’s Day and I want to thank the jury for their long days and their honest work individually,” Cosby said.
“I also want to thank the supporters who’ve been here and please, to the supporters: stay calm, do not argue with people, just keep up the great support,” he said.
Deadlocked jurors entered their sixth day of deliberations and news reports indicate the process is wearing on them.
Deadline Hollywood reports:
After a fifth day of deliberations in Bill Cosby’s Pennsylvania criminal trial over the alleged 2004 rape of Andrea Constand, the jury has adjourned for another night without reaching a verdict. Passing more than 50 hours of consideration of the case, the jury of seven men and five women will be back in the Norristown, PA courthouse Saturday to resume deliberations.
On Friday, the jury continued to ask Judge Steven O’Neill for questions and clarification in the case, in which the 79-year-old Cosby faces more than 10 years in jail if convicted of three felony charges of second-degree aggravated indecent assault. Having seen Cosby arraigned in December 2015 just before the state’s statute of limitations for sex crimes expired, this is the only criminal case again the actor despite more than 60 woman accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting them over the decades.
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