With her daughter. He said he was sorry for it. There was no recording of that call. Just the word of the accused mother. Cosbys lawyer say the jury is retrying they room. Access to the documents they want should be stopped and a mistrial declared. The judge says no. The law he says is to allow the jury to continue andd e court i comes back and says it is deadlock, he quotes, intends to act. Reporter the judge wont go the jury and sayseyguys, you can s reporting live, nbc 10deanna, bn going in that courtroom, you see these jurors faces, can you get a sense of their mood after five days after 3 repter you would they are frustrated. The one thing that those of us in the media are observing, there is a couple of them staring at the ceiling or following their hands. There is some who lane ean in a everyday it is different. There is a couple of people sit he actions are different. Today we saw people in the front row when the testimony ofbqsa andreas mother was reread. Whos leaning which wa
Reporter during his closing arguments. Bill cosby went to the jury and said you got to stop this. A mans life is on the life. Today, he asked more than once to stop all of this and declare a mistrial. Reporter the jury had been in court more than a dozen times asking to see evidence. When the jurors are not in the room, the judge seems to be showing frustration. Ko z cosbys 7 n lawyers have made multiple requests for a mistrial. The judge says no. I have an obligation to allow them to operate, telling lawyers on both sides, it is up to the jury to deliberate the court if it can no longer work to a verdict. The jurors do not know that, thinking they may have to stays there quote, until the cows come home. they wanted to hear what constands mother said on the stand when it came to a two pluplutwohour phone call. She said, he told her she was a sick man. Reporter we have noticed some of the jurors seemed like t . c minds are made up and they are not listen to the testimony. Later today
Good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and we are beginning with breaking news at this hour from the bill cosby trial. And day five of jury deliberations. 20 minutes after the jury convened they had a couple of questions for the judge. Bill cosby, of course, is on trial in Montgomery County for sexual assault. And the world continues to await a verdict. Jeanette reyes joins us with the lightest developments. Reporter rick, deliberations are underway right now. They are deliberating now for more than 40 hours. Just to give you an idea how long this has taken it threatens the deliberations phase threatens to be longer than the testimony and arguments phase of the trial. The jury is exhausted there is no doubt about that but trying to give this their best. They started off the day with a question, perhaps the most telling and indicative of what may be going on behind closed doors. This morning. The jury was brought in for another grueling day of deliberations. Bill cosby arrived in a black
To show you what its been like outside the courthouse, this was easily the most notable event here today. Free bill cosby, free bill cosby, free bill reporter a group of cosby supporters here just a strikes me as noteworthy that there has been relatively littlestratr either side of this case, a case with societal implications. Not much public demonstration here in front of the courthouse this week. Joining me tonight is action News Reporter dann cuellar. Good evening,ann. Reporter . Reporter good evening, jim. For the sixth time today or for the sixth time now bill cosbys defense team has asked the judge to declare a mistrial and for the sixth time the judge says no. The jury has now paused deliberations 10 times to revisit testimony or ask for clarity on one thing or another. Late today, cosbys Spokesman Says they remain hopeful. I have a a lot of faith in this jury. I think this jury is looking at theyre retrying the case. Ents,more are they going ask the opening arguments . I think
Followers to help him get off to a good start. I want to show you some video of some of those followers that he was talking about and, too, they have made several appearances here outside the courthouse today. I want to go live to action News Reporter vernon odom. Vernon, you have covered a a lot of juries in your time. Have you ever seen a jury that is more inquisitive in terms of the number of questions they have asked than this one . Reporter no, ive not, jim. This has come late in the proceedings in deliberations i might add and ive never seen one go this long without throwing in the towel. But the jury is deliberating at this hour. How late theyll go tonight its up to them because the judge is following their lead. Almost hour by hour today the jury was in and out of the courtroom with more and more questions for judge Steven Oneill. Example, redefine reasonable doubt for us. Let us hear trial testimony of accuser Andrea Constands description of the night in question here. The nig