The long-awaited trial had faced a number of delays, including when R Kelly suffered from a burst appendix, the judge broke his shoulder falling off a ladder and a lead prosecutor gave birth. Despite the controversy, Kelly continued to record and entertain, even including sexually charged lyrics in his songs. The hugely successful Chicago-based star had consistently denied the charges since his arrested in 2002 after an incriminating video tape was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times. The singer was first charged six years ago after a kinky sex tape surfaced that allegedly featuring him having sex with - and urinating on - a girl who was 13 years old at the time.

If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison. Asked how the publicity from the case which has dragged on for six and a half years had affected R Kelly, Genson replied: “He seems to be selling a lot of records. “There wasn’t enough evidence,” jubilant defense lawyer Edward Genson told a press conference saying they were “ecstatic” that Robert Kelly was cleared of all the charges against him after the jury deliberated for less than a day. The jury in the R Kelly.

“What happened today when those verdicts started (was) you got to see the real Robert Kelly. child pornography trial have reportedly reached a verdict after less than a day of deliberations. The verdict came shortly after two jurors asked to be excused from the trial because of personal and family issues. Closing arguments in the case ended yesterday afternoon (June 12) and the jury have already come to a decision, which Judge Vincent Gaughan is scheduled to read later today, reports the Chicago Tribune.

The marriage was annulled by her parents and the Brooklyn-born songstress and actress died in a plane crash in the Bahamas in 2001. “He has his finger on the pulse of what’s going on, what hot melodies people are going to want to hear. He sat there and he was contrite. “There’s something about him and his music,” Gail Mitchell, senior R&B correspondent for Billboard Magazine told AFP last month.

“The artist has sold more than 12 million records since his arrest, pumping out an album a year and collaborating with everyone from Celine Dion to Kid Rock. “Kelly was briefly married to his protege Aaliyah, tying the knot with the teen idol in 1994 when she was just 15. Grammy-award winning rhythm and blues superstar R Kelly broke down and wept Friday as a jury cleared him of 14 charges of child pornography. All I heard the entire time those 14 verdicts were being read was thank you Jesus,” Adam said, adding: “He is a deeply religious man.

R Kelly had long denied being on the video tape; even the alleged victim said it wasn’t her during the trial. Kelly, 41, who grew up in a public housing estate on the South Side of Chicago and scored a massive hit with his 1997 tune “I Believe I Can Fly,” had three top 10 hit singles last year. A jury has acquitted R Kelly on all fourteen counts of child pornography. 3 million dollars.

He sat there and he was crying,” said another defense lawyer Sam Adam. And his last major tour in 2006 earned 8. Kelly is charged with 14 counts of videotaping, producing or soliciting child pornography. “He sat there and was thanking God.

Gaughan reviewed theirequests but respectfully refused to excuse them, saying that the case was too important.

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