R. Kelly's second federal trial began this week in his hometown of Chicago for several sex-crimes
charges.
He is already sentenced to 30 years in prison
after New York federal trial ended
in June.
Court opened: Monday
Jury selection: Tuesday
Opening statements read: Wednesday
Jurors heard from a woman: Thursday and Friday
Charges:
13 charges which include
Producing child pornography,
Enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity,
Conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Kelly's associates Derrel Mc David and Milton Brown:
co-defendants in the trial
accused to have aided Kelly in the alleged crimes.
All defendants
denied wrongdoing.
The woman produced a video tape of sexual assault. She was 14 years old at the time of video.
The singer sexually abused her "hundreds" of times before she turned 18.
Court officials set up high opaque screens around juror’s chair to play the sexual videos.
Journalists and spectators were blocked from seeing the videos and jurors’ reactions.
The sound was audible throughout the courtroom.
Assistant Attorney Jason Julien sought to give jurors a sense of the scale of Kelly's alleged exploitation, saying he "repeatedly" had sex with girls who were just 14, 15 and 16 years old — "multiple girls, hundreds of times."
Age: 55
(DOB: 08.01. 1967)
Wife: Andrea Kelly
Divorce: 2009
Children: 3
First Report: in1996
Tiffany Hawkins alleged that, starting in 1991 at age 15, 24-year-old Kelly had sexual
relations with her
as an underage
high school student.
First Report: in1996
Kelly encouraged her to recruit her school friends,
&
pressured her into engaging in group sex with other underage girls.