R Kelly He is appealing his September 2021 convictions for sex trafficking and racketeering in New York, according to CNN.
Court documents show the singer is seeking to have that conviction overturned or a new trial.
Attorneys for R. Kelly argue that the jurors in the New York case were aware of the sex trafficking charges before the trial
R Kelly’s attorneys argue that at least four sitting jurors in the New York case were aware of the sex trafficking charges before trial. In addition, the lawyers indicated that some have watched the series “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Many of the sitting jurors were aware of the accusations that the defendant had a history of sexual abuse of underage girls, had previously had legal trouble, and/or had watched the not-so-flattering docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, in which many appeared. from government witnesses,” the note reportedly said.
She added, “The defense attorney did not move to exclude jurors who admitted that they had pre-judged the defendant’s guilt or that they had gathered information about the case from other sources.”
Disgraced R&B star sentenced to 30 years in New York and 20 years in Chicago
In June 2022, the disgraced R&B superstar was sentenced to 30 years in prison in New York federal court. A jury convicted him of nine counts, including one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law, shadow room I mentioned at the time.
In this case, prosecutors accused Kelly of using his celebrity status and “a network of people at his disposal to target girls, boys, and young women for his sexual gratification.”
R. Kelly was also sentenced separately earlier this year to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom after his 2022 conviction of child pornography and solicitation of a minor, shadow room reported in January.
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R. Kelly’s attorneys argue there is no evidence of criminal enterprise
Earlier this week, attorney R. Kelly filed a brief in the New York case arguing that his federal racketeering charge is “absurdly remote.” The lawyer reportedly added that he aims to prosecute him for “alleged misdeeds going back decades without disturbing statutes of limitations.”
Meanwhile, prosecutors had not properly established the federal law under which R. Kelly was charged, which would require evidence of a continuing criminal act.
His lawyers allege that the prosecution failed to establish the existence of a “group of individuals who shared any common purpose other than promoting” R Kelly’s music.
The memo reads: “The government brought a (extortion) suit against the defendant, not in order to rectify the large-scale criminal activity of an enterprise, but to punish a man whose alleged crimes could no longer be prosecuted by state and local agencies.”
The lawyers are looking to return the confiscated money to Singer, and are asking that bad evidence be allowed at trial
His lawyers also alleged that prosecutors “flooded the jury with other redundant evidence of bad deed” that should never have been allowed at trial in the first place.
Among that evidence was medical documents detailing the contractions of R. his alleged mistreatment of employees; an audio clip in which he allegedly verbally and physically assaulted his girlfriend, which they claimed had nothing to do with the case; and “audio and video recordings of this behavior with women and men, some of whom were never witnessed.”
After the singer’s trial, the government confiscated nearly $28,000 from his trust account. He was also ordered to pay more than $360,000 in damages to two women who allegedly contracted herpes from him.
Kelly’s attorneys also want those orders overturned and the forfeited money returned to his trust account.