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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 10071
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 04:04 pm: | 
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R. Kelly not guilty on all counts
June 13, 2008
BY STEFANO ESPOSITO and KARA SPAK Staff Reporters
Six years after being charged with making and starring in a child porn video, R&B superstar R. Kelly was found not guilty today by a Cook County jury.
Jurors deliberated for about three hours Thursday and part of today before reaching their verdicts. The jury cleared him on all 14 counts filed against him.
As the first "not guilty" was read, R. Kelly dipped his head and kept it bowed during the entire reading of the 14-count verdict.
When the reading was completed, he took a baby blue handkerchief from his pocket and dabbed the tears streaming down his face. He then bear-hugged defense attorneys Sam Adam Jr. and Ed Genson.
Kelly, who did not testify during his trial, faced up to 15 years in an Illinois prison.
R. Kelly left courthouse to a huge roar from about 75 supporters.
"I love him!" one woman shouted. "I love him! Get that on camera!"
He did not comment to reporters.
The case centered on a 27-minute videotape anonymously sent to Chicago Sun-Times pop music critic Jim DeRogatis in 2002. Prosecutors said Kelly videotaped himself having sex with - and urinating upon - his underage goddaughter.
In closing arguments, the state said more than a dozen witnesses identified the alleged victim as being on the tape. Prosecutors also said there was no doubt that Kelly is the man on the tape and that the video was made in his Lake View basement some time between 1998 and 2000.
Defense attorneys keyed in on the fact that the victim, now an adult, has denied sheıs the one on the tape. They noted that Kellyıs goddaughter is a "sweet, nice young lady," and certainly wouldnıt have accepted cash for sex, as the girl in the tape is shown doing.
In the weeks and months before the trial, legal experts around the globe said prosecutors would face an uphill battle convincing jurors of Kellyıs guilt without a victim willing to take the witness stand.
Kellyıs attorneys also told jurors that Kelly has a distinctive mole on his back that doesnıt appear on the videotape. Prosecutors brought in a video expert, who played the notorious sex video in slow motion, pointing out a dark spot clearly visible on the manıs back.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/kelly/1004373,kelly061308.article |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 12313
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 06:23 pm: |
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"R" thanked Jesus for the "not guilty" verdicts. I'm assuming he felt that Jesus had forgiven him for his sins. |
Ferociouskitty
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Username: Ferociouskitty
Post Number: 223
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 06:28 pm: |
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He needs to thank that girl on the video for following the old deny, deny, deny adage, because his defense team wasn't very sharp. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 6942
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 10:05 am: |
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I figured the case was pretty weak against him when they couldn't produced the "victim".
Boy, ABM (or should we call you ABAMA?) I guess you got egg on your face. You were really after this guy!!! |
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