"R. Kelly was acquitted yesterday (June 13) on all counts in his child pornography trial in Chicago. The jury reached a verdict in less than eight hours of deliberation.
Kelly was charged with 14 counts of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl, who prosecutors say was as young as 13. If convicted, he faced a minimum of four years in prison and a maximum of 15 years. He would also have had to register as a sex offender in Illinois.
Both Kelly and the now 23-year-old alleged victim had denied they were on the tape. Neither testified during the trial.
The prosecution's star witness was a woman who said she engaged in three-way sex with Kelly and the girl prosecutors said was on the tape. Defense attorneys argued the man on the tape didn't have a large mole on his back and Kelly does."
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