A federal judge has denied R. Kelly’s request for a new trial, just a week before he is set to be sentenced on child pornography charges following his conviction in Chicago last year.
Attorneys for the R&B singer have repeatedly made requests for new trials after a jury found Kelly guilty on three child pornography-related counts and three child enticement charges, finding that he sexually abused his 14-year-old goddaughter “Jane” and other minors in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
“Simply because Jane and her attorney considered the possibility of restitution, does not mean she lied during her testimony,” Judge Harry Leinenweber wrote in a 10-page order Thursday. “Jane’s testimony was that she was undecided. Her testimony was not that she was not intending to pursue restitution.”, arguing the prosecution's first witness — clinical psychologist Darrell Turner — gave “perjured testimony” about his hourly rate, and prosecutors failed to correct that error.
“Looking at the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government, the Court finds that there was enough evidence to sustain a guilty verdict on all six counts Kelly was convicted of,” the judge wrote.
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