The jurors deciding comedian Bill Cosby’s fate at his sexual assault trial delved into his accuser’s account on Wednesday, their third day of deliberations, but failed to reach a verdict.
The court reporter read back portions of Andrea Constand’s testimony describing how Cosby drugged her and then sexually assaulted her at his Philadelphia-area home in 2004.
Later in the day, the jury reviewed Cosby’s six-hour 2005 police interview in which he acknowledged giving Constand anti-allergy pills but characterized the encounter as consensual “petting.”
Cosby, 79, has denied Constand’s allegations, as well as dozens of similar accusations made by women stretching back decades,only Constand’s claims are recent enough to have led to criminal charges.
The jury began deliberations in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on Monday and stayed late each night since then.
They have now deliberated for a total of nearly 30 hours and will resume on Thursday morning.
Cosby, the star of the 1980s hit TV series “The Cosby Show,” did not testify during the trial but his account of the night in question was shown to jurors in his sworn depositions in 2005 and 2006 during Constand’s civil lawsuit as well as the 2005 police interview.
It was unclear how close the jury was to reaching a decision.
