vandenberg count one we find mr. vandenberg guilty of aggravated rape. >> reporter: an outcry from his father. then beatty's conviction was read. >> guilty of aggravated rape guilty of attempted aggravated rape guilty of attempted aggravated sexual battery. >> reporter: at the time nobody had any idea he might be hiding a secret and easter seemed eager to tell his story to nashville's news channel 5. >> i wanted to read it to them to their face. >> reporter: in this interview following the trial, easter recounted to abc's ryan smith -- >> your first job is to appoint a foreperson. tell me how that happened. >> well i -- >> you're both smiling at todd. as if it was a foregone conclusion? >> he volunteered. >> i volunteered. >> reporter: he describes his reaction to the evidence. >> this blows your mind. how graphic and depraved it is. but it's our job to use that to come to a decision about the case. we are absolutely confident that we made the right decision for every count. >> reporter: ironically, if easter hadn't

. >> reporter: brandon vandenberg was a star? >> yes, brandon had it all. >> he probably would have started the very first game day one on vanderbilt's football team. >> reporter: when did they first meet? >> on his recruiting visit, which i don't think they had known each other more than a couple of weeks when the event occurred. >> reporter: the female, who works for the athletic department and is a member of the vanderbilt dance-spirit team, meets the 6'6" all-american from palm desert, california, on a recruiting trip to vanderbilt and shows him around campus. and now that he's there, brandon and the young neuroscience student are having nights like this one. both had been drinking earlier with friends before meeting up. at the bar, the alcohol is flowing. the woman recalls a cinnamon whisky shot, a gin and tonic, and a california long island ice tea. >> people have been drinking on college campuses for decades. these are young adults. >> reporter: they leave the bar together in the early morning hours and share a cab to her

of aggravated rape and other charges in january, accused of bringing an unconscious student to vandenberg'shere she was sexually assaulted. the pair allegedly taking cell phone pictures and video of the assault many. the two were convicted after just three hours of deliberations. the juror in question saying he voted strictly based on the evidence. >> this blows your mind how graphic and depraved it is. >> reporter: now with the convictions overturned, that juror tells abc news he stands by his original statement that he neither lied nor intentionally misrepresented himself during the jury selection process. and that he has immense remorse about the impact this is having on the victim. now, there's a bond hearing later this morning to determine whether the defendants will be released while they wait for a new trial. legal experts tell us they will likely be released from jail and their form herer bail set at $350,000 each will be reinstated. >> hey, we'll have so much more from the jury foreman and more exclusive reporting on this case. there's so much more to talk about friday on "20/20" 1

he is a little bit going back to the old days like senator vandenberg, a republican leader of the foreignwho worked with truman and others. i think serve looking to him to make a final judgment on this deal. he seems a little bit more worried than he was a month ago. >> he really does seem doesn't he, bob corker like a throwback to -- i was going to say a by gone era. but a throwback to like 15 years ago when there were people like bob corker who commanded the respect of people not only in his party but the other party. >> yeah you know i don't know how seriously to take it frankly. it is of use to have congress say, you know being the bad cop. and saying, you know we're not going to -- you're giving up too much this and that. just as hard-liners in iran are doing the same thing with their negotiators. so i'm with bob. let's see what they come up with. >> i'm with you, i think this strengthens the president's hand where he could say i would love to not look at what you've done in the past on weaponization of this system. i've got a congress that's not going to allow me to do this. >> that