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Deliberations Begin in R. Kelly Sex Tape Trial

Jurors get another look at the video during closing arguments

By Laurel Jorgensen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 12, 2008 9:06 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Both 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.

“This is finally the day—the opportunity to hold the defendant criminally responsible for this tape has finally come,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments. “The opportunity will never come again.”

In this Monday, June 2, 2008 singer R. Kelly returns to the Cook County Criminal Court Building after a break as his child pornography trial continues in Chicago.
In this Monday, June 2, 2008 singer R. Kelly returns to the Cook County Criminal Court Building after a break as his child pornography trial continues in Chicago.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
R&B singer R. Kelly leaves the Cook County Criminal Court Building Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Chicago as jury deliberation continues in his child pornography trial.
R&B singer R. Kelly leaves the Cook County Criminal Court Building Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Chicago as jury deliberation continues in his child pornography trial.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
R&B singer R. Kelly enters the Cook County Criminal Court Building Thursday, June 12 2008, in Chicago as closing arguments begin in his child pornography trial.
R&B singer R. Kelly enters the Cook County Criminal Court Building Thursday, June 12 2008, in Chicago as closing arguments begin in his child pornography trial.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
R&B singer R. Kelly returns to the Cook County Criminal Court Building Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Chicago as jury deliberation continue in his child pornography trial.
R&B singer R. Kelly returns to the Cook County Criminal Court Building Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Chicago as jury deliberation continue in his child pornography trial.   (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)
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