Attorney: Don't accept portrayal of R. Kelly as `monster'
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R. Kelly's lead attorney implored jurors not to accept what she said was the prosecution's portrayal of her client as a monster. Kelly, 55, faces multiple charges, including enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 child pornography trial. A conviction in Chicago could add decades to a 30-year prison sentence he already received from a New York federal judge.
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R. Kelly lawyer implores jurors at trial on child porn, other charges not to accept portrayal of singer as `a monster'
R. Kelly lawyer implores jurors at trial on child porn, other charges not to accept portrayal of singer as `a monster.'
R. Kelly’s lawyer tells jury not to accept portrayal of him as a ‘monster’ - National
R. Kelly’s lead attorney implored jurors during her opening statement at the federal trial in Chicago not to accept the prosecution’s negative portrayal of her client.
R. Kelly trial: lawyer says don’t accept portrayal of singer as ‘monster’
Kelly, 55, faces multiple charges, including enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 child pornography trial at which he was acquitted.
Attorney: Don't accept portrayal of R. Kelly as `monster'
An attorney for R. Kelly implored jurors at the singer's trial-fixing and child pornography case Wednesday not to accept what she said is the prosecution’s portrayal of her client as “a monster.”“When the government wants to paint him as a monster … you remember we are talking about a human being,” Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly’s lead attorney, said.She also warned jurors not to succumb to what she called “a mob justice climate” surrounding Kelly, all…
Attorney: Don’t accept portrayal of R. Kelly as ‘monster’
CHICAGO — R. Kelly kept an ugly side of his life hidden as he escaped poverty in Chicago and rose to pop music stardom, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday at the singer’s trial on charges accusing him of enticing girls for sex and rigging a 2008 child pornography case.