: CHICAGO - (AP) It was R. Kelly's own attorney who raised the issue at the start of the R&B superstar's child pornography trial: If you don't see a fingernail-sized mole on the lower back of the man in the sex tape at the center of the case, then that man isn't Kelly.
Jurors last week watched a 4-by-4 foot monitor where freeze frames of the man's back were shown. And there, just above his waistline, was a mark that forensics expert Grant Fredericks said appeared to be a mole. He compared the frames with 2002 police photos of Kelly's back, concluding the spots were "in the exact same position."
The testimony was among the most dramatic yet in the three-week-old trial and potentially the most damaging for Kelly. It seemed the defense had been caught in a trap they'd set themselves, and Kelly and his lawyers appeared disheartened as they looked on.
Kelly, 41, frequently appeared bored during hours of technical testimony about the 27-minute video last week. But he looked more attentive, if stressed, on Thursday when Fredericks addressed the mole issue.
Kelly, who won a Grammy Award in 1997 for the song "I Believe I Can Fly" and whose biggest hits are raunchy ballads like "Ignition," is charged with child pornography for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a female who prosecutors say was as young as 13. He's pleaded not guilty and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Both Kelly and the alleged victim, who is now 23, deny it's them in the video.
There was no testimony Friday or over the weekend, and the trial was set to resume Monday.
Kelly's attorneys still have a chance to try to revive their mole defense when they start calling their own witnesses.
During May 20 opening statements, defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. was emphatic on the question of the mole.
"Either Robert isn't the man on that tape or he's a magician — because there's no mole," Adam had said, referring to Kelly by his birth name.
Adam, pacing before jurors, his voice booming, instructed jurors to look for the mole on the graphic video, which was entered into evidence by prosecutors as "People's Exhibit No. 1" and played in open court after opening statements.
Defense attorney Ed Genson grilled Fredericks in cross-examination Thursday, suggesting that the spot in the video faded in and out of view and arguing that it could have been a technical imperfection on the tape.
"The spot — it's there, it's not there. It's there, it's not there," Genson said, pointing to a monitor as it played successive frames of the tape where a man turns his back to the camera and begins taking off his pants.
The mole wasn't the only focus of scrutiny.
Witnesses for the prosecution last week also countered claims by the defense that Kelly's likeness could have been computer generated — in the same way Hollywood technicians create realistic-looking characters in movies.
Fredericks and another forensics expert testified that digitally altering the nearly half-hour video — 100,000 frames on the entire footage — would be practically impossible, requiring that someone to go through each frame to calibrate everything from shadows to blinks of an eye so that they all move in perfect sync.
Fredericks estimated that fabricating such a film would take 44 years to complete — meaning someone would have had to start the project before Kelly was born.
Whatever. R.Kelly didn't do nothing wrong that chick was a freak that guy on the tape just gave her what she ask for she want it more than he did So he gave her the D I C *** and she did her thang with it(NOT MAD AT THAT).SO they should just drop this case aganist this man.If R.Kelly do go to jail(which he is not) But if so he should not be the only one her parents need to go to jail as well cuz they *** out their kid.So they should just let this be.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY TO ME HOW EVERYBODY CAN MAKE R. KELLY THE FUGGIN ANTI-CHRIST BUT JUST OVER THE WEEKEND THOSE DISGUSTING WHITE *** DOWN IN TEXAS WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO BE MARRIED AND HAVE *** WITH 12 YEAR OLDS AND SH*T AND THOSE *** ARE TWICE R. KELLY'S AGE BUT YET THEY CAN GET ON R. KELLY'S *** LIKE THIS BUT THIS SH*T IS LEGAL AND GOES ON IN UTAH EVERY SINGLE GATDAMN DAY. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO HAVE *** WITH CHILDREN BUT HOW IN THE FUGG IS IT OKAY FOR THOSE WHITE *** DOWN IN TEXAS AND IN UTAH BUT R. KELLY IS THE DEVIL FOR IT, FUGG THIS BULLSH*T.
@illslogic you have no point r kelly is a devil and so are the people that you speak of for one this nicca on tape i seen the tape i know its him he adjusted the camera *** it he was all up in it. second he's been putting this off to long thats like letting him go for 6 years. those people in texas where infringed upon by the feds because they dont conform to our society is there any proof that all these people are child molesters no thats like going to your church finding out your pastor is a child molester and the feds come arrest every member from the church and take their kids for being a member even if they didnt know what the pastor was doing. remember its evil people everywhere and good people everywhere so dont judge a society of people off the dirty deeds of a few. our president is a liar and a thief. lie(w.m.d) theif(stole the election)does that make every american a lier and theif. no
He probably had the mole or any other identifying birth marks removed.
The man is bored in court because he knows how much money he's paying to get him OFF! He's probably hired a PI to find some stupid girls to testify that it was them in the video. The video girls would do anything for the right price.
@getalifeyall,
I THINK MY POINT WAS PRETTY *** CLEAR. IF KELLS HAS TO GO TO JAIL THEN THOSE *** IN TEXAS SHOULD HAVE TO GO AS WELL. HOW IS THAT NOT A POINT? I DON'T GIVE A SH*T IF EVERYBODY WASN'T GUILTY, THE ONES THAT ARE GOT AWAY WITH THE SH*T ANYWAY. IF YOU AIN'T GUILTY THEN HOPEFULLY YOUR *** WILL GO FREE AND IF NOT THEN YOU *** HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND GUILTY *** TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE. ELVIS PRESLEY, WOODY ALLEN, STEVEN TYLER, ROB LOWE, TED NUDGENT, JERRY LEE LEWIS, EVERY *** IN LED ZEPPLIN, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, ALL CHILD MOLESTERS AND NOT ONE OF THEM DID A FUGGIN DAY IN JAIL BUT R. KELLY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S THE *** OF THE EARTH? BULLSH*T. THEY ALL ARE PATHETIC AND IF KELLS HAS TO GO THEY ALL SHOULD FUGGIN GO. THOSE NASTY *** IN TEXAS SHOULD DEFINITELY GO. WHAT'S GOOD FOR ONE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS R. KELLY BULLSH*T UNTIL THEY TAKE DOWN ALL OF THOSE BEFORE HIM I SAY THEY SHOULD LET HIM BE FREE.
@illslogic: No one is covering for the polygamist in TX. If MTO posted a story about them there would be flack about them too. However, this story is about R. Kelly and no one else. You can't deflect the issue and say what about them?
@lovelybabiie: Who molested you? Someone obviously did for you to think this girl enjoyed herself. Yeah, show me another 13 yr old who is enjoying *** and then ask her what she is doing. You won't get a mature or comprehensive answer. And you're right, if he's convicted someone needs to go after her mother too.
A question for the people begging for Kelly to be "freed"; if they let him free, are you willing to offer up your children to satisfy his cravings, so we don't have to worry about ours being molested? Also, anyone ever heard of some white guy named Roman Polanski? If you think whites get away with more *** crimes than blacks (as I'm reading between the lines of the above posts), that can be easily debunked by doing a quick scan of your local registered *** offenders database (required by law and readily available on the Internet). Despite all that, Kelly victimized young BLACK girls, repeatedly, and for that, he IS the *** of the earth. I can't understand these people rallying around Kelly. There are so many MORE DESERVING people to sympathize for. Yet you choose a monster who f*cks and p*sses on little BLACK girls??????? I know...I know.... "But he sho' can sing!" SMDH
I feel like the parents of this child (at the time) is jus as guilty as he is. If u jail him then jail their azz also. Secondly I dnt condone any one who has *** with any child willingly or not but as for her beign a 13 yr old then she shoulda been *** a 13 yr olds place and thats at home wit her parents not laid up wit a grown *** man having consentual ***. If he didnt rape her then she had no business around ehr and if he did rape or force her *** any kind of way then yes his azz should sizzle
You R. Kelly groupies need to go to jail right along with him because you would have probably "pimped" your daughters to him just like this girl's mother did. This is why our community suffers they way it does because we always want to beleive "The Man" is trying to do us in when we *** up. @ LoevelyBabiie...you look young and naive (didn't want to call you stupid) and also a prime target for someone like Kellz. @ illslogic.... If you had done your research before you went on with your ignorant rant the leader of the "church" where the polygamist sect reside, Warren Jeffs, IS in prison serving a very long sentence for allowing an arrainged marriage with an underaged girl and her cousin as well as criminal child sexual abuse. Those that follow him believe they are doing so in the name of their God. What's Robert's excuse????
WTF!?! I swear this world is full of a bunch of child molester-loving-stupid-***-biaaatches! Whats up with bloggers like "@lovelybabiie" and "brwndoll"!??! I mean, ol girl saying a 13 year old needs to just "stay in a child's place"? What ma, you trying to say this CHILD "seduced" this sick motherf*cker? Thats why they call them CHILDREN... because they can't legally or morally make sexual decisions with pedophiles!! Note to the mentally challenged: The PERVERTS are slick enough to convince and lure these KIDS to engage in twisted sh*t with them! What CHILD would want a n*gga *** all over them without him being all up in her "underdeveloped" mind?
Get the hell outta here!
And "@lovelybabiie" saying that this poor, mislead, BLACK CHILD was asking for this crazy sh*t? You mofos need to get your daddy's d*ck out your own ***, because obviously you dumb brawds think it's acceptable for GROWN *** MEN to get their rocks off raping babies! Rediculous!
Please, don't get me started.....
LovelyBabiiE Flag post Whatever. R.Kelly didn't do nothing wrong that chick was a freak that guy on the tape just gave her what she ask for she want it more than he did So he gave her the D I C *** and she did her thang with it(NOT MAD AT THAT).SO they should just drop this case aganist this man.If R.Kelly do go to jail(which he is not) But if so he should not be the only one her parents need to go to jail as well cuz they *** out their kid.So they should just let this be. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
NOW THIS IS SOME CRAZY ***!T RIGHT HERE! WTF?? IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER ONE DAY AND SHE COMES ACROSS A MAN LIKE R KELLY AND GETS PI$$ED ON, ARE YOU STILL GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING YOU ARE SAYING NOW???? TAKE THAT ***!T SOMEWHERE ELSE! SMFH
Im wit Big Moose all yall that love him so much send your daughter over to him and let him *** on them that way people with dignity and a fkn brain dont have to worry about their daughters! I have never seen so much ignorance in my life specially coming from some of you woman some people will sell their soul for anything even a man that dont so *** for them but make some *** you can *** too FCKN DISGRACE
.....@ PlainJane74
Hell yea, bytch you read it right.
"Army f*cking strong"
I don't give a f*ck about how you feel about the situation.
It's my opinion, just like it's yours.
Do I respect your opinion, hmmm NO! But it's still your opinion like it's mine trick.
Save that *** for someone who actually care. Because I don't. Obviously!
FREE R.KELLY BYTCHES!
R KELLY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TAKE BLAME FOR HIS ACTIONS. IF YOU THROW A DOG A STEAK, HE WILL EAT IT. OFFER THAT SAME DOG YOU HAND AND HE BITES IT, IT'S YOUR FAULT. THE SAME WITH R KELLY. HE KNEW THAT GIRL WAS UNDER AGE. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM. HE KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS ACTIONS. MONEY MAY NOT BUT HIM OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. SO I SAY LET HIS *** GO TO JAIL. IF THAT WAS MY CHILD, HE BE NEED THE UNDERTAKER. HOW WOULD HE LIKE IT IF SOMEONE DID THAT TO HIS DAUGHTER.
plug i seen the *** tape hell i own the *** tape and its r kelly. so they need to stop playing $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Real talk! I own it too. When he steps behind the camera while she is dancing for him, you can hear him making the same heavy breath sounds like he does in his music. IDENTICAL PEOPLE! You can see the mole too. CASE CLOSED!
SoSerious...........you so eloquently just proved my point...........any REAL woman with REAL dignity and pride for herself would never sell herself *** or knock another person (with such foul language and name calling) all the while defending a PEDOPHILE....... and we wonder why Black men treat us they way they do??? BTW why all the hostility, sistah?? Did I just sweep around your front door???
I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME! LIL' D*CK DUDES ARE FAMOUS FOR ROBBING THE CRADDLE. THEY BE ON THE PREY FOR THOSE LITTLE DUMB GIRLS THAT'S LOOKING FOR SOME SNEAKER MONEY. ITS SAD BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY DONT HAVE NOBODY TO GUIDE THEM AWAY FROM PPL WHO HAVE BAD INTENTIONS. BOTH SIDES LOSE BECAUSE PRISON IN A B*ITCH WHEN U R A MOLESTER. AND THE POOR LITTLE GIRLS LOSE WHAT THEY SHOULD HOLD PRECIOUS FOR AS LONG AS THEY CAN.....THIER INNOCENCE!
OMFG..
You people take this S H I T to far everyone have their own opinion and if you don't want to support R.KELLY that's you But if you want to support him that nothing wrong with that S H I T. I support R.Kelly all day and everyday he didn't do S H I T wrong.You people should not get down on other people throat cuz they support R.KELLY DAM.
I say it once I say it again THEY SHOULD JUST LET THIS CASE BE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG THAT "BLACK CHIRLD" was a freak and he just gave her what she ask for.SIMPLY AS THAT.
Dam I just read all these nasty comments about me you B I T C H E S don't know S H I T about anything that go on with me.So *** the F U C *** UP.I don't think anything wrong with this in the hood you will see 15 years old girls F U C *** I *** G guys in their 20s.S H I T when I was 14 years old I was talking to a guy that was 21 as for right know Im 16 and Im chillin with a *** I G G A that is 27.SO WHAT WHO GIVE A F U C *** They should just drop this S H I T..LOVE YOU R.KELLY
You f u c *** i *** g americans are f u c *** i *** g disgusting.. Yall know d a m *** well R kelly did that but guess what yall still support that nasty b a s t a r d and for you *** a s t yn i g g e r s for watching that *** tape is sad cause you *** liked that *** how can yall live with that.. All you women who was under age f u c *** i ng grown men are nasty as hell and men *** with lil girls yall *** need to fall off and someone needs to close yall *** up
What about these polygamous *** in Texas. Putting a bed in their temple and molesting, raping these children in the name of God. What kind of ish is that? How come these mofos got off, and got to get their children back but no one is talking about that. These old crusty white men have made up some religion that gives them carte blanc to rape, marry and molest children.
I think there is such a double standard in society. People are immediately prosecuted for such acts; however, this is allowed to continue with these pedophiles behind their gates. It is disgusting.
Lovelybabiie, boys (notice I said "boys" because even though you think you're messing with a man, any dude over 20 messing with young girls 14-16 is a boy.), who mess with young girls like that are sick. Getting sexually abused by a pedophile does not define how mature you are, nor does it make you a woman. It only makes you a victim of abuse. A 27-year-old messing with a 16 year old is just plain nasty. He's only with you because he's not man enough to deal with a mature strong-willed woman. He got just what he wanted, an impressionable young VICTIM who is too naive to even realize that she IS a victim. A young girl like you wouldn't even attract a real man. You're still a child. I feel bad for you because you're being abused and don't even realize it. Other parents out there know how I'm feeling right now... to have a baby, raise that precious child through infancy, toddler stage, school-age, pre-teen, and before the child can barely escape pre-teen and properly enter her teen years and puberty, some nasty crusty old *** is out there ready to violate her and treat her like garbage. Girl, if you were my child that 27-year-old would be in very real danger right about now. You are the perfect example of why Kelly doesn't deserve a pass. Nasty old men are out there abusing young girls all over our communities. I can't stand it.
A pedophile will never stop. His victims will beome younger and younger. He has probably already "fingered" female infants and toddlers when no one was looking. There is no cure for this defect. All pedophiles once identified must be locked up for life. R. Kelly may only get 15 years. Then he is free to molest babies, toddlers and immature adolescents again.
LovelyBabiiE, you like R Kelly , because you are a victim of the same *** !! 16 years old *** a 27 year old man !!! you need help !!, a 27 year old man cant do nothing for you, but *** you & help you with you homework!!! R Kelly is a child molestors with a history of it.
I HOPE HE GET'S RAPED & *** ON, IN JAIL !!! LOL !
