A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked at the trial of ‘That ´70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson, who was charged with three rapes.
The 46 year-old Scientologist actor’s only reaction was to look down, then at his lead attorney, Philip Cohen, as the foreman of the Los Angeles jury of six women and six men told Judge Charlaine Olmedo that they remained ‘hopelessly deadlocked’ after deliberating for three days before Thanksgiving week and returning Monday to try once more to reach a decision.
The judge first read aloud a note from the jurors in which they wrote, ‘We are not even close to coming to a unanimous decision on any of the three counts and are convince this will not change.’
Judge Olmedo then called in the jury and the male foreman confirmed to her that they were deadlocked and there was no more information the court could provide that would change that position.
She asked him how many ballots the jurors took and he told…
