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R Kelly: Disgraced former R&B star convicted of child porn and sex abuse charges

Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement

Evening Standard

Jury deliberations have begun for R. Kelly's child pornography and trial-fixing case

Jurors will have to sort through a month of evidence and arguments on charges accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial.

WEKU

R. Kelly lawyer to deliver closing before jurors deliberate

R. Kelly’s lead attorney is getting her chance to deliver her closing argument to federal jurors in Chicago

The Independent UK

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Witness: Desperate R. Kelly offered $1M for return of video

Prosecutors at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago have introduced evidence illustrating the singer’s desperation in the early 2000s to recover an alleged child pornography video featuring himself that had gone missing

The Independent UK

Jurors hear key testimony from reputed fixer in alleged R. Kelly conspiracy to derail early criminal probe

CHICAGO — A key prosecution witness against R. Kelly has taken the stand in the disgraced R&B superstar’s federal trial and is expected to testify that he helped recover incriminating videotapes while Kelly was being investigated for sexual abuse.

Chicago Tribune

Jurors hear more testimony on alleged R. Kelly conspiracy

CHICAGO — The second week of R. Kelly’s Chicago federal trial continued Tuesday with cross-examination of Lawrence Berkland, a lie-detector test administrator, as prosecutors outlined an alleged conspiracy to cover up Kelly’s alleged sexual misconduct before his Cook County criminal trial.

Chicago Tribune

Woman testifies R. Kelly sexually abused her ‘hundreds’ of times when she was underage

The now-37-year-old woman, referred to as Jane, was the central figure in Kelly’s 2008 state court trial, but declined to testify then. That trial ended with Kelly’s acquittal.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Opening arguments made as R Kelly faces trial on sex charges

R Kelly kept an ugly side of his life hidden as he escaped poverty in Chicago and rose to pop music stardom, a prosecutor told jurors at the singer’s trial on charges accusing him of enticing girls for sex and rigging a 2008 child pornography case.

Irish Independent

R Kelly trial is about singer’s ‘hidden side’ court told

R Kelly’s federal trial on allegations that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial and enticed girls for sex is about the R&B singer’s “dark” and “hidden” side, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday.

Irish Independent

Jury to hear opening statements at R Kelly trial in Chicago

Opening statements are giving prosecutors and R. Kelly’s attorneys their first chance to address jurors directly about charges that accuse the R&B singer of enticing minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial

The Independent UK

R Kelly jury picked in child pornography, trial-fixing case

A federal jury has been impaneled R. Kelly’s to decide multiple charges against the R&B singer, as prosecutors and defense attorneys argued about whether the government improperly sought to keep some Blacks from the jury

The Independent UK

R Kelly jury selection begins over trial-fixing allegations

Jury selection began on Monday at R&B singer R Kelly’s federal trial in his home town of Chicago.

Irish Independent

R Kelly trial on whether he fixed 2008 trial set to start

Jury selection begins Monday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in his hometown of Chicago

The Independent UK

R Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge

R. Kelly’s federal trial that starts Monday in Chicago is in many ways a do-over of his child pornography trial in 2008 in state court

The Independent UK

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