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Derrel McDavid’s lawyers argued that prosecutors “told the jury a story that had to be false.”

Derrel McDavid’s defense team aggressively challenged the feds’ case during the trial, and McDavid spent more than two days on the witness stand. In a motion Monday, his defense attorney also seemed to take some credit for helping Kelly avoid conviction on additional charges.

CHICAGO — It took more than two decades for “Jane” to come forward about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her godfather, R&B superstar R. Kelly.

McDavid testified that he followed lawyers’ advice as he helped coordinate payoffs ahead of Kelly’s 2008 child porn trial — payments federal prosecutors alleged was hush money.

CHICAGO — In a split verdict after a hotly contested trial, a federal jury in Chicago on Wednesday convicted disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges for videotaping himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter decades ago.

It took 11 hours for jurors in the R&B star’s trial to reach their decision, finding Kelly guilty on six of 13 counts.

CHICAGO — Jurors returned to the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday morning to continue deliberations in the trial of R. Kelly, and within the first hour of their discussions they had already sent the judge three specific questions.

CHICAGO — Jurors in R. Kelly’s Chicago federal trial were excused Tuesday evening after deliberating fewer than four hours without reaching a verdict, and are expected to return Wednesday morning to continue their discussions.

CHICAGO — After more than eight hours of closing arguments over the past two days, jurors in the Chicago federal case against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly and two former associates have begun their deliberations.

CHICAGO — The attorney for R. Kelly urged the jury in her closing argument Tuesday to put aside any preconceived notions they may have about the R&B superstar and see “the humanity” in him when deliberating charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice.