R. Kelly has already announced that he will not be defending himself during his child pornography trial in Chicago.
The R&B star's lawyers have begun to put together their defense strategy and present their witnesses.
Unsurprisingly, the list does not include the artist.
Judge Harry Leinenweber, who is leading the trial, directly asked the interpreter of
I Believe I Can Fly
if he would appear at the bar.
Negative response, relays ABC News.
Two of R. Kelly's co-defendants, Derrel McDavid (who allegedly helped R. Kelly rig his 2008 trial, where he was acquitted for child pornography), and Milton Brown (accused of receiving child pornography) are present at the trial, but only the first agreed to testify.
Explosive
We must believe that R. Kelly understood that it was better for him to be discreet.
The singer is known for his explosive temper and has occasionally become angry when questioned about his actions.
What undermine his defense.
After two weeks during which the prosecution filed witnesses, including several women abused by R. Kelly, who made his defense very complicated, the star's lawyers have their work cut out for them.
Their first witness, a former police officer named Christopher Wilson, claimed to have learned that a former merchandising executive for the artist intended to blackmail him.
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Anyway, R. Kelly risks adding several years of detention to his thirty-year prison sentence after the racketeering trial which ended last June in New York.
The end of the Chicago trial is scheduled for the middle of next week.
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