A mistrial was declared Friday in the child sex abuse case against former Texas Rangers pitcher John Wetteland.
The jury in Denton County (Texas) insisted it was deadlocked to the judge, who ruled on the mistrial after a day of deliberations.
Wetteland had been accused of abusing a child for two years starting in 2004 when the boy was 4 years old. He was facing three charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and the possibility of life in prison if convicted.
It was not immediately clear if prosecutors planned to retry the case.