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R. Kelly Convicted of Multiple Counts of Child Pornography and Enticement of Minors, Acquitted of Others, Report Says

2022-09-14T22:57:15.974Z


R. Kelly was convicted of multiple counts of child pornography in a federal trial in Chicago and acquitted of others.


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(CNN) --

R. Kelly was convicted of multiple counts of child pornography in a federal trial in Chicago and was acquitted of others, according to the Chicago Tribune.


Kelly was convicted of three of the four child pornography counts and acquitted of conspiracy to obstruct justice charges at his 2008 trial, which stemmed from a 2002 state case.

He was also convicted of three of five counts of enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly's attorney, said her client had a "feeling of relief" at having put this case behind her, and felt that prosecutors had overstated their case against him.

Bonjean said that she is considering filing an appeal.

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"The verdict was mixed, but we won more charges than we lost," Bonjean said outside court after the verdict.

"If this jury concluded that he was guilty on the first three counts, would they care enough to consider the evidence on the rest? And they showed that they did. They did their job. They looked at each count separately."

Jurors deliberated for about 10 hours after hearing three weeks of testimony, including from a woman who testified anonymously that Kelly sexually assaulted her and recorded the interactions when she was just 14 years old.

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The woman was one of five minors prosecutors say Kelly sexually abused in the late 1990s, making explicit videos with four of them.

Kelly's former associates were also charged in connection with this case.

Derrel McDavid, Kelly's former accountant and business manager, is charged with conspiracy to receive child pornography, receipt of child pornography and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Milton "June" Brown, a former assistant to Kelly, is charged with conspiracy to receive child pornography.

They both pleaded not guilty.

-- This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Source: cnnespanol

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