DENTON, Texas - Former Texas Rangers pitcher John Wetteland's child sex assault trial ended with a mistrial.
He was accused of abusing an adult relative when the relative was a child.
During the trial, the accuser's mother said he struggled to speak and committed self-harm before he finally made the outcry.
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Wetteland took the stand in his own defense and denied sexually abusing the relative.
The jury got the case Friday, but after a few hours of deliberation, said they were split. The judge in Denton County declared a mistrial.
A Denton County prosecutor told the Dallas Morning News the case will go back to court unless Wetteland negotiates a plea bargain.