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The jury foreperson told U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman that a single female juror “is refusing to look at evidence and is acting on a feeling.”

On Thursday, the jurors informed the judge that they were "unable to reach a unanimous decision" on the first of the two charges against Avenatti and inquired, "What should we do next?"

The attorney could directly confront his former client over her claims that he stole some of the money she was owed for her autobiography as early as Wednesday.