A trial 6 years in the making finally began in May 2008, kicking off with a screening of the infamous 26-minute video. The prosecution claims that the tape depicts R. Kelly having sex with a girl who was as young as 12 at the time; his attorney told the jury that it wasn't Kelly on the tape, noting that the man in the video, whose face is not clearly visible, is missing a distinctive mole that Kelly has on his back.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 4:33:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/30297/r-kelly-witness-was-threatened.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe star witness in R. Kelly's child pornography trial said she was threatened for coming forward, AP reports. According to documents unsealed yesterday—a week after Kelly was acquitted—Lisa Van Allen claimed an employee told her she should have been killed for damaging the R&B star. Allen had testified that she had sex with Kelly and an underage female on tape.http://www.newser.com/story/30297/r-kelly-witness-was-threatened.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 18 Jun 2008 5:45:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29983/why-r-kelly-was-acquitted.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJurors in the R. Kelly trial say it was the lack of testimony from the alleged victim—or her parents—that swayed them towards acquittal, Time reports. One juror said he was sure it was Kelly in the sex tape at the heart of the case, but wasn't convinced of the girl's identity. And jurors said the R. Kelly mole that was the object of endless hours of testimony was a non-issue: "The mole played more of a role for the press. It never came up in deliberations." Five of the jurors had been ready to convict at one point.http://www.newser.com/story/29983/why-r-kelly-was-acquitted.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 13 Jun 2008 21:56:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29971/r-kelly-not-guilty-on-all-counts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJust over 6 years after he was originally indicted, singer R. Kelly was found not guilty today on all 14 child porn counts against him. The jury of three women and nine men deliberated for less than a day before acquitting the singer/songwriter after a 4-week trial, the Chicago Tribune reports. "This prosecution is one we have no reservations about," said the state's attorney.http://www.newser.com/story/29971/r-kelly-not-guilty-on-all-counts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 13 Jun 2008 15:57:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29899/deliberations-begin-in-r-kelly-sex-tape-trial.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBoth sides in the R. Kelly child porn case have presented their closing arguments, and the jury will resume deliberating the fate of the R&B singer tomorrow morning, the New York Post reports. Jurors today watched parts of the infamous tape that prosecutors say shows Kelly having sex with an underage girl. Kelly and the alleged victim both have denied being on the tape. He faces up to 15 years if convicted.http://www.newser.com/story/29899/deliberations-begin-in-r-kelly-sex-tape-trial.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 12 Jun 2008 20:30:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29402/r-kelly-case-obsesses-over-mole.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe R. Kelly jury was treated to a short course in video doctoring yesterday, as the rapper's defense team worked to discredit the tape prosecutors say shows him having sex with a very underage girl. The issue is the now-infamous R. Kelly mole the defense says isn't there in the man on the video. The defense broke down footage the prosecutors say shows the mole, and found that it appears on exactly 2 frames of video, and then disappears.http://www.newser.com/story/29402/r-kelly-case-obsesses-over-mole.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 06 Jun 2008 11:44:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29081/witness-i-had-threesomes-with-kelly-girl.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA key witness in R. Kelly's child porn trial told the court yesterday how the singer on three occasions videotaped himself having threesomes with her and a girl then believed to be 13, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lisa Van Allen, now 27, believes the sex tape at the heart of the case was made in 1998 when she had sex with the two, "as they both looked exactly the same way."http://www.newser.com/story/29081/witness-i-had-threesomes-with-kelly-girl.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 03 Jun 2008 5:27:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28694/eleventh-hour-witness-holds-up-r-kelly-trial.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe R. Kelly trial will resume today, after the defense called a 24-hour halt so it could interview a surprise new witness. The defense said yesterday that someone called them, promising to undermine the prosecution’s key witness, who is expected to testify that she had a threesome with Kelly and the girl in the video. The prosecution will call that witness today.http://www.newser.com/story/28694/eleventh-hour-witness-holds-up-r-kelly-trial.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 29 May 2008 7:41:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28599/witness-ids-kelly-in-child-porn-tape.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWitnesses in the R. Kelly child-porn case have identified the singer and a young teen girl in a sex tape, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . “I didn't want to think it was them,” said Kelly’s former assistant, but on a second viewing, she was “110%” certain. The girl would come to Kelly's studio "after school and do her homework," once even showing up with an overnight bag, the aide said.http://www.newser.com/story/28599/witness-ids-kelly-in-child-porn-tape.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 28 May 2008 4:47:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28047/kelly-jurors-watch-child-porn-video.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe kiddie-porn trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly kicked off yesterday with a viewing of the tape behind it all, E! Online reports. "You will see the sex acts he commands her to do—vile, disturbing, and disgusting sex acts that were choreographed, produced, and starred in by Robert Kelly," said the lead prosecutor before showing the 26-minute tape.http://www.newser.com/story/28047/kelly-jurors-watch-child-porn-video.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 21 May 2008 9:52:42 CDT