R. Kelly Trial: Where Things Stand as Prosecution Rests Its Case
used his fame to take advantage of underaged girls and boys, as well as young women, characterizing the R&B singer as a predator.
Over the course of the five-week trial, the prosecution brought nine women and two men to the stand to tell their accounts of Kelly’s sexual, physical and mental abuse, along with 34 witnesses, including former employees of Kelly. Kelly will not take the stand, per the Times.
Geddes’ closing statement lasted more than three hours, according to the Times, also detailing what she called Kelly’s “violent temper” and tendency to use the promise of fame to take advantage of others sexually. Kelly would then prevent his accusers from speaking out further by having his team threaten them, Geddes said, according to the Times.
The defense presented four character witnesses, including former employees, an audio engineer and an accountant, the latter of whom testified about the structure of Kelly’s company, RSK, as demonstrated by an illustration of an octopus and its tentacles.
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