The jury at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago has reached a verdict, court officials and lawyers on the case said. Their decision is expected to be read in the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber’s courtroom at about 4:15 p.m.
R. Kelly is seen in a courtroom sketch during his federal trial on Aug. 19, 2022, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse.
The jury has been hearing evidence against the disgraced R&B singer for more than four weeks. Charges against him include 4 child pornography counts for making videotapes of himself allegedly sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter “Jane” decades ago.The jury reached a verdict after deliberation over two days. Each child pornography count carries a mandatory-minimum 10-year prison sentence, with the possibility that they would have to be served consecutively.
Prosecutors in Kelly’s current case have alleged her silence was no accident, but the result of a yearslong criminal conspiracy by Kelly and his co-defendants to keep Jane and other minor victims from cooperating with law enforcement and to buy back and cover up incriminating sex videos Kelly had made.
During the five-week trial, the jury was shown clips from three separate videos allegedly depicting Kelly abusing Jane, including the same tape from his Cook County trial as well as another where he instructed her to refer repeatedly to her “14-year-old” genitalia.
“It is an inconvenient reality for the government,” Bonjean said. “Lives are complex, and for all the fist pounding and the outrage, that family made a decision that they had to live with at that time.” “What R. Kelly wanted was to have sex with young girls,” Appenteng said. “And what the people around him wanted... they wanted to help their boss, including helping him get away with it.”
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