The Verdict: Jury Finds R. Kelly Not Guilty
After less than a day of deliberations, a jury acquitted R. Kelly of all 14 counts of child pornography charges, reports E! News.
“R. Kelly was found not guilty, because they had the best jury that Cook County could produce,” Kelly’s attorney, Sam Adam Jr. said outside the courtroom.
Although it took more than six years for the case to go to court, the trial only began last month and lasted four weeks.
R. Kelly was charged with allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a girl prosecutors claimed was a minor at the time. The alleged victim, now 23, refused to testify against Kelly.
If convicted, the R & B singer could have faced a minimum of four years in prison and a maximum of 15 years and would have had to register as a sex offender in Illinois.
Kelly did not testify during the trial.
Related Stories:
- R. Kelly Trial: Jury Selected
- New Witness to Testify in R. Kelly Trial
- R. Kelly’s Fate Rests In Jury’s Hands
- Oprah and Jury Find Man Guilty of Murder
- R. Kelly Asks For Delay in Child Pornography Trial
