Jurors at the time said that made it difficult for them to convict Kelly.
NBC News has not viewed the videotape. He was acquitted in that case after the girl who purportedly appeared in the tape refused to testify at the trial.
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That trial centered on a 26-minute videotape sent anonymously to the Chicago Sun-Times in 2002 that allegedly showed Kelly performing sex acts with an underage girl. The chief charge against Kelly and his associates is that they conspired to rig the 2008 trial.
Kelly is being tried alongside his former business manager, Derrel McDavid, and associate, Milton “June” Brown, who are both accused of conspiring with him to intimidate and bribe witnesses and cover up evidence in a 2008 criminal trial on child pornography charges in Cook County, which involved a video recording of him allegedly sexually abusing a minor.ĭuring the opening statements, Julien said McDavid and Brown were part of Kelly’s “tight inner circle” and helped him cover up his abuse, including going to “extraordinary lengths” to help him retrieve a recording of the singer having sex with a minor after the tape went missing. This trial, in his hometown of Chicago, comes almost two months after he was convicted and handed a 30-year prison sentence in New York City on charges of federal racketeering and sex trafficking.
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