(CNN) -- Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks played a role in the surprise ending of a domestic assault case in Los Angeles, according to defense attorney Andrew Flier. 
 
 Hanks had been serving as a juror in the trial since it started last week. Flier's client was facing up to a year in jail and the attorney was prepared to offer closing arguments in the case on Wednesday. 
 
 Instead, as proceedings wrapped Tuesday, the prosecuting attorney revealed that another lawyer in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office had interacted with Hanks outside the courtroom, thanking him for his service. 
 
 As a result, Flier asked the court for a mistrial, citing prosecutorial misconduct. In a hearing on Wednesday morning, lawyers on both sides of the case convened and settled on a reduced charge for the defendant: disturbing the peace and a $150 fine. 
 
 City Attorney's Office spokesperson Frank Mateljan confirmed the interaction with Hanks, saying, "The city attorney has been appraised of the situation and will be reviewing it." 
 
 CNN reached out to representatives for Hanks for comment, but has not heard back. 
 
 The alleged victim's reaction to the resolution was unavailable. Prosecutors do not identify those who makes claims of domestic violence, and the parties involved have made no public statement, Mateljan said. 
 
 Flier said he was initially concerned that having a Hollywood star on the jury would unfairly influence the case's outcome. 
 
 "I think because of his celebrity status and because of his personality, I think (the jury) would have followed him." 
 
 But after interviewing Hanks in jury selection, Flier decided he was a good fit for the final slot on the jury. 
 
 "He never looked or made any statements like he wanted to get off jury duty. So based on everything, he seemed like a very fair juror," Flier said. 
 
 Hanks' appearance didn't only affect proceedings inside the courtroom. Flier said the star also drew quite a crowd of photographers and fans outside the courthouse afterward. 
 
 "Everyone was taking photographs. He was smiling. He welcomed anybody," Flier said. 
 
 If the case hadn't ended in a plea, Flier said he doesn't know how Hanks would have voted. 
 
 "He looked at me like he always had, smiled and said, 'I was going to vote the way of justice.' So he never disclosed what that justice was headed for, the defense or the prosecution." 
 
 CNN's JD Cargill contributed to this report. ||||| Tom Hanks Just a Normal Juror 
 
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 just left an L.A. courthouse after spending a day in the jury box ... deciding the fate of a man accused of domestic violence.TMZ broke the story ... Hanks was picked to hear the case of a guy who allegedly struck his girlfriend and faces a maximum of 1 year in jail if convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.Hanks took copious notes as lawyers took the arresting detective through her paces. He listened as the defendant's lawyer suggested the alleged victim may have been jealous because his client was leaving her for a younger woman.Hanks was friendly with the jurors, interacting with them during the breaks. In court, he even laughed at one of the lawyer's jokes -- which probably wasn't even that funny.Hanks is back in court tomorrow. ||||| Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. 
 
 NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby's retrial on sexual assault charges will be delayed until the spring to allow his new high-profile legal team to get up to speed. 
 
 Bill Cosby (R) departs from the Montgomery County Courthouse on June 15, 2017 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Tracie Van Auken / EPA file 
 
 The trial was supposed to start Nov. 6 but the judge postponed jury selection until mid-March after a request from defense lawyer Tom Mesereau, best known for representing Michael Jackson. 
 
 In a surprise move, Cosby's attorneys announced in court Tuesday that they won't ask for the jury to be picked outside of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where the encounter at the center of the case happened and where trial will be held. 
 
 The jury in the first trial was chosen in Allegheny County after the defense complained that pre-trial publicity made a fair trial in Montgomery County impossible. Those jurors deadlocked, forcing a mistrial in June. 
 
 Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele, who made the decision to retry Cosby, expressed disappointment at the delay. 
 
 "We're ready to proceed," he told reporters outside the courthouse. "It's a case that deserves a verdict." 
 
 A lone protester, sexual-assault survivor advocate Bird Milliken, marched in front of the courthouse wit a sign that read "Spring 2018, We're Ready For You, Tom/Cosby," the Guns N Roses song "Welcome to the Jungle" blasting from her megaphone. 
 
 "It's disappointing, but it gives the rest of us more time to prepare," she said of the delay, adding that plans to hold nightly vigils in front of the courthouse during the second trial. 
 
 Cosby, 80, is charged with giving Andrea Constand pills and then molesting her during a visit to his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. She did not report the encounter to police for a year, and struck a civil settlement with Cosby after prosecutors at the time declined to charge him. 
 
 After allegations from other women began piling up in 2014, the DA's office brought charges of indecent aggravated assault against Cosby in connection with the Constand incident. 
 
 The case represents the only criminal charges stemming from dozens of accusations ranging from groping to rape and spanning decades. Cosby has denied all the allegations, pleaded not guilty to attacking Constand, and sued some of his accusers for defamation. 
 
 He did not take the stand at his first trial, which ended after 52 hours of deliberations failed to produce a verdict. Several jurors told reporters after the trial that the panel was deeply divided throughout the deliberations. 
 
 "It was hopeless, from the first time on," one juror said later. 
 
 Related: Juror Says Cosby Talked His Way Into Guilty Vote 
 
 Tuesday's hearing marked Cosby's first return to court since the mistrial. He arrived on the arm of his spokesman and appeared to be in a relaxed mood, joking around with his new and old lawyers before the hearing got underway. 
 
 The attorneys who represented him at the first trial, hard-charging Philadelphia lawyer Brian McMonagle and Los Angeles civil litigator Angela Agrusa, have withdrawn from the criminal case. Agrusa will continue to work on civil matters for Cosby. 
 
 Taking their place are Mesereau, former federal prosecutor Kathleen Bliss and prominent Philadelphia attorney Sam Silver. 
 
 Mesereau — who bills himself as "unconventional" and "unpredictable" — represented Michael Jackson when he was prosecuted in 2005 for allegedly molesting a child; the star was acquitted. He also represented "Baretta" star Robert Blake, who was acquitted in 2005 of murdering his wife. 
 
 More recently, Mesereau defended former Playboy Playmate Dani Mathers after she was charged with taking and posting a photo of a naked older woman at her gym; she struck a no-jail plea deal. 
 
 After the hearing, Mesereau declined to answer reporters' questions but did pause to pose for pictures with Cosby outside the courthouse. 
 
 Before he was retained by Cosby, Mesereau drew parallels between his prosecution and the Michael Jackson case. 
 
 "The worldwide media had already condemned him and basically discarded him as trash," Mesereau said of the pop star last year. "I see something similar happening now." 
 
 "I don't know Mr. Cosby," Mesereau said then. "I don't know the evidence. I don't know the accuser. I just think he has the right to a fair trial. And having been through what I went through with Michael Jackson, I'm a little alarmed by the groundswell of opposition [to Cosby]."
– Tom Hanks was just trying to do his civic duty, and he ended up inadvertently messing up a trial. Hanks was serving on a jury in LA this week, but when a lawyer in the City Attorney's Office made the mistake of talking to the actor, the case had to be settled with a plea deal. The prosecuting attorney revealed the interaction Tuesday and asked for a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct, CNN reports. Instead, yesterday, both sides agreed to a reduced charge. The defendant initially faced up to a year in jail on domestic assault charges; the reduced disturbing the peace charge carries with it just a $150 fine. So what did the lawyer approach Hanks about? He reportedly thanked the actor for his service. TMZ earlier reported that Hanks was either an awesome juror or just acting like one: taking lots of notes, listening closely, talking to the other jurors during the breaks, and laughing at one of the lawyer's jokes. The defense attorney confirms to CNN that, though he was initially skeptical of putting Hanks on the jury, "He never looked or made any statements like he wanted to get off jury duty. So based on everything, he seemed like a very fair juror." How would he have voted? The defense attorney says Hanks simply "looked at me like he always had, smiled and said, 'I was going to vote the way of justice.'"