After new video evidence emerged, a judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the rape case against a Dundalk man accused of assaulting a patient at a Glen Burnie hospital. Despite the objections of both state and defense attorneys, Anne Arundel Circuit Judge Robert Thompson paused testimony indefinitely, dismissed the jury and scheduled follow-up hearings Friday for Damien Taylor. Taylor, 40, has been , when a sexual assault was reported near the lobby of the Baltimore Washington Medical Center.

According to charging documents, a law enforcement officer working at the hospital found Taylor having sex with a patient “behind a privacy vanity.” Police confirmed Taylor was not a hospital employee, but did not clarify why he was there. Taylor’s attorneys, Bridget Elis and Tovia Edmonds, their client was engaged in a consensual encounter with the 28-year-old woman.

Conversely, Assistant State’s Attorney Sean Fox said Taylor took advantage of a woman dazed from her prescription medication. Both sides acknowledged Taylor and the woman had spoken with one another before Taylor wheeled her away from the waiting room. While the state described it as a “very brief” conversation, three videos not previously shared with police, including a 20-minute segment of security footage, provided a new look at their interaction, Fox said.

The videos were not played in court Thursday, though all three attorneys were given the chance to review them during an hour-long recess. When the attorne.