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

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

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

By MICHAEL TARM
August 13, 2022

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted the singer on charges that he produced a video of himself when he was around 30 having sex with a girl no older than 14.

There’s one big difference: This time, prosecutors say, she will testify.

Kelly, 55, goes into Chicago federal court already sentenced by a New York federal judge to a 30-year prison term for a 2021 conviction on charges he parlayed his fame to sexually abuse other young fans.

Among the most serious charges the Grammy Award winner faces at his federal trial is conspiracy to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, including by paying off and threatening the girl to ensure she did not testify.

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[hlthe2b]

1. How many years has this saga (not just the crimes, but the entire attempt to prosecute)

been going on now? As with Cosby. As with Weinstein... all the others?

Just delayed... Justice denied. But disgust lingers forever.

[Laffy Kat]

2. This! And they've barely scratched the surface with Epstein.