"Juror 100" is led from court past the defense table after being taken into custody for contempt of court and handcuffed. He was reportedly overhead talking about a 'retrial' in the hall Thursday, October 9, 2014 during jury selection in Tampa. (Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post.)

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The potential juror in the John Goodman trial who was arrested in court Thursday was back Friday, facing criminal contempt charges in front of the judge who ordered him to jail.Travis Van Vliet, 23, stood before Judge Jeffrey Colbath as Colbath explained how his defiance of his court orders not to research anything about the case nor talk to anyone else, almost derailed the entire four-day jury selection process.MOBILE/TABLET USERS: Watch the Report“You almost ruined four days of work we all had together at great expense,” said Colbath, who conducted the criminal arraignment.Colbath said Van Vliet Googled the term “sequester” and then told another prospective juror that this was a retrial – highly guarded information that could spark a mistrial.“It was because of juror misconduct that the first jury got set aside and it’s because of your behavior that it nearly came to pass that this second jury that we got yesterday – I almost lost the entire panel,” said Colbath.Van Vliet pleaded not guilty to contempt and apologized for the inconvenience he’d caused. However outside of court while walking with his mother he changed his demeanor, replying when reporters asked him if he were sorry: “Sorry? For what?”Van Vliet’s father William said his son was brilliant and a “good kid” who liked to look up things and know how things worked. He said he and his wife didn’t know anything about the charges until they got a call from a reporter Thursday night and then saw a picture of their son in handcuffs online.“I wish it never would have happened but it did and nothing we can do about it and we’ll see what happens in court,” said William Van Vliet.Travis Van Vliet faces up to 5 ½ months in jail if convicted of contempt.The Goodman jury of six women and four men are heading to West Palm Beach in a sheriff’s office convoy to stay in an undisclosed hotel. The trial begins Saturday morning.In Photos: John Goodman Jury Selection