So what is going on in the R Kelly trial? If you were following the general media I’m sure you have no idea. I didn’t until I searched for the news.
For close to a decade nothing has been said so far. An initial blast of news, and then quiet. The quiet of lawyers shuffling papers and keeping R Kelly out of the courtroom or headlines. The strategy of the defense has been consistent and logical. Say nothing, do nothing, Delay to make sure the girl in question grows up enough to absolutely look nothing like the child in the video. Delay to allow the jurors and public to forget. Delay to give every excuse of doubt possible. Then show up in court and keep quiet.
R Kelly said nothing. He refused to speak in this trail. Yet 14 others spoke instead. They identified him as being in the video, 12 recognized the girl. And only Kelly’s lawyer had anything to say about it.
The prosecution connected the infamous video to the residence of Kelly. They provided a woman that testified under oath to have performed sex with R Kelly and the underage girl. 2 video experts testified that fabricating the tape was unlikely – without a decade of time – and how the male in question had the same mole on his body as R Kelly.
The defense has denied the mole connection with a video “expert” – a self-taught expert with about 1/10 the experience of the prosecution experts. They denied the videos look like, let alone finger, either the victim or Kelly. And the defense has proclaimed that everyone involved is in a conspiracy against R Kelly for his money and to damage his fame.
I left out one important thing. The girl who was the victim, allegedly, did not testify. She has denied being in the video. The defense says it’s because she wasn’t there and this wasn’t R Kelly. The prosecution says they don’t want to drag her thru more hardship. And I would say that the fact that R Kelly has employed her father for years since the event, the embarrassment, and the social stigma of being eternally remembered as the young “whore” (as described by the defense) in the video are all plenty of reasons not to show up in front of jurors and the paparazzi waiting on the court steps.
That is the nutshell summary of a case that has taken 6 years to get in front of jurors. Those are the positions of both sides. Some will decry the innocence of R Kelly. I am not one of them.
From his well documented social life and actions, his manipulation of the courtroom, and his employment of the alleged victim’s family I have an opinion. The jury is debating their answer now. Mine would be guilty.
Not only do I think that R Kelly is a repulsive child molester who needs to be jailed, I believe that every dollar he has earned since he committed this crime should be taken and used to help the public against pedophiles. Were it up to me, I would cut off every pedophiles balls and lock them up in a very small isolated room. Fame and entertainment ability is not an excuse or cover for their actions in my mind.
Some don’t care and support R Kelly because he is famous, or Black, or an entertainer of some skill. Others think he is innocent. Be that as it may, I am not swayed. But I am not on the jury.
It will be very interesting to see how the major media will react to the jury’s’ verdict, especially since they have avoided saying anything for 6 years. We will see.
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