Saturday, 7 June 2008

R. Kelly's defence continues efforts to discredit prosecution witnesses

CHICAGO - R. Kelly's lawyers continued Thursday to try to cast doubt on prosecution witnesses who say they know the alleged victim at the centre of the R&B singer's child pornography trial.

The 41-year-old Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges that he made a videotape of himself having sex with an underage girl. Both Kelly and the alleged victim deny they're on the tape.

Prosecutors had called more than a dozen witnesses who said they recognized the alleged victim on the tape.

But the defence team is calling several witnesses who question those identifications.

Several defence investigators told jurors at least one relative who identified the alleged victim for the prosecution had told them she wasn't sure her relative was on the videotape.










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