Britney Spears's innocence is proved · 2008-10-22 13:01
A mistrial was declared Tuesday in Britney Spears’s misdemeanor trial for driving without a license.
The singer had been accused of driving without a California license, stemming from an August 2007 fender-bender.
"We felt deadlocked from the beginning, there were lots of questions about lack of evidence, whether Spears had a Louisiana license or not, what the definition of residency was. We felt we were never given all the facts in the case," jury foreman Gary Moy said at a press conference after the decision was announced.
He added, that he felt "some of the jurors inserted their personal feelings" into their decision-making.
The jury was deadlocked 10-2 in favor of the singer’s innocence, Judge James A. Steele declared this a mistrial and at a hearing later on Tuesday, dismissed the case, PEOPLE informed.
Britney’s attorney, Michael Flanagan said that the outcome showed his client "did nothing wrong".
"I don’t think it’s appropriate to ask for [retrial]," prosecutor Michael Amerian said in open court.
He said, that he was troubled by the jury foreman’s comments about her fame working in Spears’s favor:
"It just goes to show you how difficult it is to convict a celebrity in Los Angeles."
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