Former Vanderbilt football players Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey were granted a mistrial by Nashville Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins after one juror failed to reveal that he was a victim in a statutory rape case, per Stacey Barchenger of the Tennessean.
Vandenburg, 22, and Batey, 21, were convicted of multiple counts of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery, among other charges, in January. Their defense attorneys, however, maintained that the juror in question failed to disclose that he was the victim of a statutory rape in the hope that he would be put on the jury and that his history in such a case affected his ability to be impartial.