In a news conference held after the trial, a juror said, "We expected better evidence, something that was a little more convincing. It just wasn't there." Sneddon suggested that Jackson’s celebrity status and the media may have influenced the verdict. The jury foreman, a retired high school counselor, said, "We looked at all the evidence and we looked at Michael Jackson and one of the first things we decided was we had to look at him just as another person and not a celebrity."