A day after Kellen Winslow Jr. was convicted on three charges, a judge in Vista, Ca, Tuesday declared a mistrial on the remaining eight charges against the former Cleveland Browns first-round draft pick.
Per the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Although the Superior Court jury deadlocked, it leaned in favor of convicting Winslow on all remaining charges. urors voted 10 to 2 in favor of guilt on the question of whether he had raped a teen girl in 2003.
The chasm was wider — 7 to 5 in favor of guilt — in the question of whether the one-time Pro Bowl player had kidnapped and raped a 54-year-old hitchhiker in Encinitas last year.
Winslow Jr. was convicted on Monday on charges of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman, exposing himself to a 57-year-old woman and committing a lewd act in front of a 77-year-old woman.
The mistrial has no bearing on those verdicts by the same jury. The jurors declined to speak to reporters after the mistrial.
“He was shocked by the verdict,” defense attorney Emily Bahr said Tuesday, adding that Winslow’s family is “upset, of course, disappointed by that outcome, but they know the team is going to move forward and continue to fight the case.”
Winslow is due back in court Friday. At that point, it will be determined if these charges will be retried, and when Winslow Jr. could be sentenced.
