As the jury reached deliberation in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial, the singer's attorney in her closing argument encouraged jurors to set aside what they knew about her client and look at the “dubious” evidence
on Monday, Bonjean reiterated that some of the witnesses were granted immunity in exchange for their testimony, many of whom she said were liars and extortionists who took advantage of Kelly. This included Charles Freeman, who was paid to retrieve “performance tapes” — not child porn, she said. She also questioned the existence of Video 4, which the prosecution claimed depicted Van Allen, Jane and Kelly engaging in sex acts, but it was never presented in trial.
During the prosecution’s rebuttal argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannice Appenteng drove home several of the points fellow Assistant U.S. Attorney“R. Kelly had to have what he wanted,” she said, quoting earlier testimony from McDavid. What R. Kelly wanted, Appenting said, was to “have sex with young girls,” and his co-defendants allegedly worked to help him cover that up.
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