John Momot joined him a week into the trial. As a result, the two men struggled to catch up as the prosecutors pushed their case. They were herded out of the courtroom time after time so the attorneys and judge could battle over issues that are typically handled before the trial. They were subjected to days-long breaks as the defense struggled to catch up. The frustrations didn't end when the evidence was through being presented nine weeks into the trial.
Notes given to the judge by the jury foreman indicate even deliberations turned nasty.
Juror 11 didn't believe the state had proven its case against Rudin, and she ended up being the only one to hold that point of view. As deliberations dragged on, allegation after allegation of misconduct was lodged against her, but Bonaventure kept her on the panel. With the verdict, it appears Juror 11 changed her mind or the other 11 changed theirs. Unless they decide to talk to the media, no one may know what happened in the final hours of deliberations. Rudin learned of the affair, prosecutors told jurors, because she had been eavesdropping on his conversations at work through bugging devices she had bought and installed years before.