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R. Kelly verdict: Singer found guilty in Chicago trial

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CHICAGO - A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.But the jury acquitted him on a fourth pornography count as well as a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.

He was found not guilty on all three counts of conspiring to receive child pornography and for two further enticement charges.His two co-defendants were found not guilty on all charges.Jurors, who deliberated for 11 hours over two days, wrote several questions to the judge on Wednesday, at least one indicating the panelists were grappling with some of the case’s legal complexities.One asked if they had to find Kelly both enticed and coerced minors, or that he either enticed or coerced them.

Over objections from Kelly’s lawyer, the judge said they only need to find one.SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 32 CHICAGO ON YOUTUBEAt trial, prosecutors sought to paint a picture of Kelly as a master manipulator who used his fame and wealth to reel in star-stuck fans, some of them minors, to sexually abuse then discard them.Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was desperate to recover child pornographic videos he made and lugged around in a gym bag, witnesses said.

They said he offered up to $1 million to recover missing videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would land him in legal peril.

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