Disgraced singer R. Kelly filed a pair of motions in Chicago’s federal court Tuesday seeking a new trial or an outright reversal of his conviction two months ago on child pornography and other sex abuse-related charges.
The motions filed by Kelly’s lead attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, almost certainly will be denied by the trial judge, but still preserve arguments that likely will be made later in an appeal to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.on charges including child pornography related to his years of sexual abuse of his underage goddaughter, “Jane,” and other girls. He was acquitted, however, of the explosive allegations that he rigged his initial Cook County trial in 2008. U.S.
In her first post-trial motion, filed after business hours Tuesday, Bonjean asked Leinenweber for a judgment of acquittal on all counts based on several technical factors, including that prosecutors had not proven that the infamous videotape of Kelly abusing “Jane” at his home on West George Street was made for the “purpose” of producing child pornography.
Bonjean’s other motion asked for a new trial based on alleged misstatements by the government’s first witness at trial, Dr. Darrel Turner,Turner told the jury that he billed prosecutors $250 per hour for his work on the case, when the actual figure was $450, Bonjean wrote. He also underrepresented how many hours he was paid for, telling the jury it was two hours, when he actually billed for six and a half, according to Bonjean.
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