Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 2017. - AFP
Norristown (United States) (AFP) - A US judge declared a mistrial Saturday in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case with the jury deadlocked on whether the disgraced star drugged and molested a woman in 2004, as prosecutors vowed to seek a retrial.
It was a stunning development -- and a momentary victory -- for the 79-year-old pioneering black entertainer who risked spending the rest of his life in prison if convicted of assaulting former university employee Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia home 13 years ago.
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