Kelly’s previous legal team “fell apart mere weeks before the commencement of trial,” his motion for a new trial says
R. Kelly asked for a new trial and to be acquitted late Thursday, trashing his old lawyer as incompetent. In a motion for a new trial filed in federal court in Brooklyn, Kelly’s new attorney Jennifer Bonjean, who argued, wrote that his previous legal team “fell apart mere weeks before the commencement of trial.” The disgraced R&B singer claims he had ineffective assistance from his old counsel, who were “unable to effectively represent” him.
For example, during opening statements, Kelly’s former lawyer asked the jury to “find my client guilty... I mean not guilty.
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