The girl's best friend became the first witness in the lead-up to the case. No trial date has been set, as Kelly's lawyers and prosecutors wrestle over issues such as when the tape was made - which factors into the age of the then-allegedly underage girl, who will be 21 in September. Kelly, the 38-year-old R&B superstar, was charged three years ago with 14 counts of child *advertiser censored* for allegedly videotaping himself engaging in various sex acts with the underage girl he referred to as his "Goddaughter" on his "TP2.com" album. She grew up in Forest Park near the girl from the video, and the two have been friends "since I was in the third grade," she said. "It was the summer after eighth grade," said the witness, who is now 21. Kelly sex video was only 14 years old when it was made, the girl's best friend testified Wednesday. Nine other photos were of the naked girl by herself.Īfter turning over the evidence to the state attorney's office, Kelly was taken into custody seven months later, after officials were finally able to determine the identity of the underage girl. The search reportedly turned up three digital photos showing the 37-year-old "I Believe I Can Fly" singer engaged in sex acts with the teen girl. Toward claims Polk County police did not have the proper search warrant. Kelly's attorney, Ron Toward, told the judge that the pictures-the supposed smoking gun in the Florida case-should be tossed out on a technicality. These are in addition to the 21 counts he faces in Illinois. 22, 2003, and was booked on 12 counts of possessing child *advertiser censored*.
The camera-ready crooner (full name Robert Sylvester Kelly) was arrested in a Miami hotel on Jan. While he awaits trial in Chicago on 21 charges of child *advertiser censored* stemming from a widely circulated sex tape, the embattled R&B star's lawyers in his other kiddie-*advertiser censored* case are petitioning a Florida judge to suppress a dozen digital nude photos of Kelly with an unidentified teen girl that were confiscated during a police raid of his Orlando home in June of 2002. Kelly is fighting to keep a couple of his candid-camera moments out of court.
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