Mistrial Declared in Britney Case

It was revealed following the court's announcement that the jury's consistent 10-2 votes on all five ballots had been leaning toward acquitting the pop star of the charges, with only two holdouts feeling she should be found guilty.

Jury foreman, Gary Moy, 45, of Reseda, Calif., told OK! after today's announcement that he was one of the two that had consistently voted to convict Britney and said he felt the remaining 10 jurors were biased toward acquitting her because of her superstar status.

"The prosecution did a fine job presenting the evidence," said Moy.

At 1:30pm, the prosecutor confirmed suspicions that they would be closing the case against Britney and not attempt to re-try her on the charges.

"We felt that after talking to the jurors and evaluating the evidence that was before the court, that we put our best foot forward," prosecutor Michael Amerian said outside the courtroom, adding that he was surprised by the outcome.  "Any time I bring a case to trial, it's because I believe that we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the charges that have been made. And I felt that given the evidence, we had a strong case."

 Brit's attorney, J. Michael Flanagan, said the only thing surprising him would have been for the prosecution to attempt to re-try the case.

"Can you imagine re-prosecuting a misdemeanor?" he said today.  "They don't even re-prosecute murder trials."

Flanagan also said he felt that the prosecution was vindictive of Britney, given her superstar status.

"They offered her a chance to buy her way out of the case," he said about an earlier rejected plea deal. "But she wanted to be treated like an ordinary person and have her case heard by a jury."