“R&B superstar R. Kelly was an international sex symbol known for his playboy lifestyle, but his relationships were consensual and the women who lined up to testify that he sexually abused them are lying to get a payday, Kelly’s lawyer told a federal jury in New York on Thursday.
“Pacing the floor of the Brooklyn federal courtroom and occasionally raising his voice to a shout, Kelly attorney Deveraux Cannick called one of the alleged victims a “super hustler” and a “stalker extraordinaire” and repeatedly accused the government of allowing witnesses to come in and lie to win the big prize.
““Getting a conviction of R. Kelly is a big deal,” Cannick said, telling jurors the government had fallen short. “They gotta try to bring home the bacon … But you can’t want it that bad. You really just can’t.””
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