Kelly, 55, is facing a 13-count indictment on charges of child pornography, obstruction of justice, and enticing minors for sex. Two former associates are being tried alongside him.
In a possible signal that jurors in R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago might be close to reaching a verdict, jurors sent a note to the judge Wednesday afternoon, saying they are undecided on two counts involving two defendants in the case.
Less than an hour later, jurors sent another note suggesting they were hung up on a conspiracy to receive child pornography charge, the only charge all three defendants are facing. Kelly's former assistant, Milton"June" Brown is charged with one count of receiving child pornography for his alleged role in the scheme to cover up the sex tapes.One question dealt with a discrepancy between language in the indictment and language in jury instructions.
The judge said neither Tracy's internship paperwork nor Westin Hotel records from 1999 and 2000 were formally admitted into evidence in the case, so the jury won't be able to see them. However, in the prosecution's rebuttal argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannice Appenteng said the evidence was clear that Kelly sexually abused girls, and his co-defendants helped him cover it up.Appenteng said when the jury reflects on the case, they should consider who is at the center of it: Kelly's victims. She said they were children when Kelly began sexual relationships with them, and the jury should find him guilty.
During the trial, four women accused Kelly of sexually abusing them when they were girls, including the state's star witness, who testified under the pseudonym"Jane," and told jurors that Kelly began abusing her after becoming her godfather when she was only 14, and had sex with her hundreds of times between the ages of 14 and 18.
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