BREAKING: R. Kelly found guilty on six counts of sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor in child pornography trial.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Getty Images fileCHICAGO — An Illinois federal jury has found disgraced singer R. Kelly guilty on six counts of sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor in a case stemming from accusations that Kelly conspired to intimidate and bribe witnesses and cover up evidence in a previous criminal trial against him.
During the trial, spread across five weeks, jurors heard from several of Kelly’s alleged victims who all testified that they were underage when Kelly began sexually abusing them. Prosecutors centered their case around a star witness, identified by the pseudonym Jane in court, who identified herself as the person in a 26-minute videotape sent anonymously to thein 2002 that allegedly showed Kelly performing sex acts with an underage girl. NBC News has not viewed the videotape. Parts of it and several other recordings, purportedly depicting Kelly engaged in sex acts with minors, were played during the trial as the prosecution presented its case.
Kelly was convicted Wednesday on three of the four charges of sexual exploitation of a minor related to Jane. Federal prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that Kelly had committed “horrible crimes against children” and then, with help from his business partners, tried to cover up his actions because he knew they would be “completely damning.”
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