R. Kelly’s sex-crimes and racketeering trial always had the potential of going off the rails, but it already seems closer to descending into absurd theater than one might have expected this early. vicbekiempis reports
Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock The word “herpes,” delivered three times in rapid-fire succession, marked a turning point for R. Kelly’s sex-crimes and racketeering trial Thursday. These proceedings have always had the potential of going off the rails, for a variety of reasons — from coronavirus to turbulence on his legal team — but it seemed closer to descending into absurd theater than one might have expected this early in the game.
Then came the defense’s cross-examination. Nicole Blank Becker — who, during her opening statement, accidentally told jurors that they had to find Kelly “guilty” before correcting herself — tried to engage McGrath in a dialectical on the nature of herpes. At one point during this exchange, R. Kelly appeared to chew gum, his white N95-style mask bouncing up and down with each jaw movement.
“One year and one month,” Cannick said, noting that her age had changed by two years within slightly more than one.“You told us [in] April 2008, when you met Robert, you were 14?” Cannick pressed, although Pace’s birthday meant that she would be 16 during her first sexual encounter with Kelly.“That’s correct,” Pace said.
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