DENTON, Texas — The judge declared a mistrial Friday in the sexual abuse trial of former Texas Rangers pitcher John Wetteland after a Denton County jury said they were deadlocked.
A relative accused Wetteland of forcing him to perform a sex act on him three times between 2004 and 2006, beginning when the child was 4 years old. The jury of nine men and three women deliberated for nearly eight hours.
Jurors sent at least three notes about stalled deliberations prompting Wetteland’s lawyers to ask for a mistrial. State District Judge Lee Ann Breading initially denied the requests before granting it just after 5 p.m.
