The judge presiding over the multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit shamed Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader and convicted felon, Sarah Jones, brought against TheDirty.com and it's founder, Nik Richie, ruled a mistrial Friday after the jury reached a stalemate, and Breaking Celebrity News has exclusive details from inside the court, and Richie's take on the proceedings

"The jury just ruled that they couldn’t make a decision," Richie told Breaking Celebrity News shortly after leaving court. "Which means it was a mistrial and we have to do this whole thing all over again."

As previously reported, Jones, 27, from Covington, Kentucky, was convicted three months ago of having sex with a student who, at the time was just 17, and she’s now suing Richie, and his popular Scottsdale, Arizona-based website, for $11 million, claiming defamation and invasion of privacy over alleged lewd comments made about her.

"Thankfully, it was not a loss, which would have been a huge disaster for the Internet and press freedom, as then all these other sites could be held liable for content posted by a third party," Richie explained. "But at the same time,  I was really confident that we were going to win. When you consider the amount of lies about her innocence that she speed - to the cops, during interviews and TV appearances - that were later proven to be false