'Cannot Reach a Verdict': Jury Deadlocked in Trial of Palisades Fire Suspect [mistrial]

[mystery-ak]

'Cannot Reach a Verdict': Jury Deadlocked in Trial of Palisades Fire Suspect
By Sister Toldjah | 7:12 PM on June 25, 2026

On Thursday afternoon, court reporters who had been following the trial of Palisades Fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht were buzzing on social media with news that the jury in the case had reached a verdict.

Brittny Mejia, the Metro reporter for The Los Angeles Times, was one of several journalists who initially wrote that a verdict had been reached. Later, however, it was shared that the jury had indicated they were "at a standstill":

https://twitter.com/brittny_mejia/status/2070266400304963749

The note also stressed that each side in the jury room was "deadset."  Mejia revealed in a follow-up tweet that it appeared the judge was going to send a note to the jury offering to give them materials that maybe would help them reach a verdict, but that the jury wrote back that they believed it wouldn't help:

https://twitter.com/brittny_mejia/status/2070274707082145822

more
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/06/25/report-jury-deadlocked-in-trial-of-palisades-fire-suspect-n2203730

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/_StephanieMyers/status/2070547490164933106

[Fishrrman]

Imagine, if you will, the trial of karmelo anthony having been held in a California courtroom...

[Fishrrman]

The Palisades jury was deadlocked at 10-2.

For acquittal...

[Wingnut]

The wrong person was on trial. Karen Bass should have been the defendant..

[Cyber Liberty]

The Palisades jury was deadlocked at 10-2.

For acquittal...

That's 100% correct!  Prosecutors say they'll retry the case, and unless they've uncovered a boatload of new evidence of they're wasting their time and risking a lawsuit for Malicious Prosecution.