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Allred said she hopes the court will allow other "prior bad-act witnesses" to testify at the next trial. Cosby pleaded not guilty to three charges of aggravated indecent assault. Since Thursday, June 15, when the jurors told Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill that they were having trouble reaching an agreement, they have spent almost 24 hours either discussing the case in a conference room or re-hearing trial testimony in the courtroom.

It included a statement that Cosby first became attracted to Constand, then manager of Temple University's basketball team, in 2003. He has said the sexual encounter was consensual. Constand testified this week she rejected Cosby's advances and would have fought him off again had the pills not left her paralyzed and semi-conscious.

Cosby, 79, was charged in 2015 with felony aggravated indecent assault shortly before the statute of limitations on Constand's claim expired. If he's convicted, Cosby faces up to 10 years in prison on each of three felony counts and up to $25,000 in fines.

Bill Cosby's chief accuser is thanking prosecutors for taking her case after a jury failed to agree on a verdict. Lawyers for Andrea Constand issued a statement on her behalf Saturday. After a preliminary hearing, a judge decided there was enough evidence for him to stand trial. But her lawyer, Dolores Troiani , said "she's a very spiritual person".

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In the call, Gianna Constand said Cosby apologized and described himself as a "sick man". O'Neill said they had to rely on their collective memory. Gloria Allred, an attorney representing more than 30 Cosby accusers, welcomed the prosecutors' decision to seek a retrial.

Women bringing civil cases would also likely find it easier to introduce testimony from other accusers to support claims that Cosby engaged in a pattern of assault, said Douglas Wigdor, a plaintiffs' attorney who represents clients in sexual harassment cases.

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Cosby denied the allegations, which amounted to three felony indecent sexual assault charges. The deliberation took days, and the jury asked on multiple occasions to review excerpts from the deposition that Cosby gave in the civil case filed by Andrea Constand back in 2005.