Kelly was convicted of pornography charges for making three videotapes of himself abusing ‘Jane’ beginning in the 1990s in Chicago.
The trial came just two weeks after the 55-year-old was convicted in New York on charges that he sexually abused young fans, including children.
Last month in Chicago, a federal jury finally found Kelly guilty on three counts of child pornography, but he was acquitted of a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him and his team of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.
U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber has thus set sentencing for February 23, 2023.
The singer, R. Kelly has asked for an acquittal on all counts based on several technical factors, through his attorney, Jennifer Bonjean. Seeking a new trial or an outright reversal of his conviction two months ago on child pornography and other sex-abuse related charges.
Bonjean said that the prosecution has not been able to prove that the infamous videotape of Kelly abusing his goddaughter who went by the pseudonym ‘Jane’ was made for the purpose of child pornography.
She argued further that there had been insufficient evidence that the tape had ever crossed state lines – an element that prosecutors were required to prove during the Chicago trial.
The second motion has asked for a new trial based on alleged misstatements by the government’s first witness at trial Dr Darrel Turner.
Turner testified during the trial as an expert on how sexual predators ‘groom’ underage victims and told the jury that he billed prosecutors $250 per hour for his work on this case when the actual figure was $450.
Turner also allegedly underrepresented how many hours he was paid for, telling the jury it was two hours when it was six and a half, Bojean said.
Allegations that Kelly abused young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s.
He was sued in 1997 by a woman who alleged sexual battery and sexual harassment while she was a minor.
Evidence was also presented about a fraudulent marriage scheme hatched to protect Kelly after he feared he had impregnated R&B phenom Aaliyah in 1994 when she was just 15.
