A federal jury in Chicago on Tuesday convicted disgraced singer R. Kelly of three counts of child pornography and three of child enticement, but acquitted him of the other charges he had been facing.
Disgrace singer R. Kelly's defense lawyers made their closing arguments on Tuesday before the jury began their deliberations in his federal trial in Chicago.
After two weeks of testimony and testimony from four accusers, R. Kelly's defense will have its opportunity to rebut the child pornography and child sex crimes on Thursday.
Charles Freeman, a former merchandizing agent for the disgraced singer, tracked down and returned the child porn video for which R. Kelly was unsuccessfully prosecuted, but never received the payment.
A 37-year-old woman, known in court as Jane, testified against R. Kelly at his federal trial on sex abuse charges in Chicago, admitting she was underage in the "sex" tape he made (for which he was acquitted) and that he abused her for years.
R. Kelly is on trial in Chicago on charges accusing him of enticing girls for sex and rigging a 2008 child pornography case. His attorney warned jurors not to accept the prosecution’s portrayal of her client as “a monster.”
Federal prosecutors allege that disgraced singer R. Kelly offered money to his victim and her family not to testify in his 2008 trial for filming himself abusing her. He's also accused of enticing other minors for sex.
