CHICAGO — It seems it isn’t easy being a member of the jury on R. Kelly’s child-pornography trial One juror had a temper tantrum at dinner Thursday night and nearly got himself kicked off the case, and another asked to be relieved of duty on Friday (June 13), during the second day of deliberations. Shortly before [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 10, 2008
CHICAGO — After just two days of testimony from 12 witnesses, the defense rested in R. Kelly’s child-pornography trial, with only rebuttal and closing arguments to go. THE R. KELLY TRIAL: IN BRIEF Status of TrialThe prosecution rested on June 2; the defense rested on June 9. Rebuttal begins June 10, and closing arguments are [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
CHICAGO — After seven days of testimony from 22 witnesses, the prosecution rests, marking the halfway point of R. Kelly’s child-pornography trial. Did the state make a compelling case to convict the R&B singer of making a sex tape with an underage girl? Based on the evidence presented thus far and the defense’s limited success [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
CHICAGO — R. Kelly’s team struck back hard on Wednesday (June 4), the first day of the defense case in the singer’s child-pornography trial, by bringing forth family members of the girl in question who don’t think she’s the one on the tape. The defense also sought to decimate the prosecution’s star witness, Lisa Van [...]
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