http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/en_nm/pornography_rkelly_dc

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning R&B singer R Kelly will go on trial September 17 on child pornography charges, five years after the accusations were first made, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Kelly, 40, whose real name is Robert Kelly, faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl. Prosecutors have said the girl could have been as young as 13, but defense attorneys have disputed her age and whether Kelly is on the tape. The underground videotape was widely circulated.

Kelly pleaded not guilty to the charges and in the interim has released hit songs, gone on tours, and released a DVD set of "hip-hopera" skits.

Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan said jury selection would begin September 17.

The trial was delayed, in part, by arguments over when the video was made. It was also pushed back because the judge fell and broke bones and needed to recuperate.

.....and released a DVD set of "hip-hopera" skits.

Like Curt Schilling said recently about Barry Bonds, "if someone says you are guilty of something and you arent, and you arent out there sueing these MF's and kicking ass then you are admitting youre own guilt, especially when you settle out of court, you are just saying IM GUILTY!"

Thank god and let them finally lock him away for good

Damn, he's 40 singin songs 23 year olds should be singin'.

Damn, he's 40 singin songs 23 year olds should be singin'.

lastdecember said:

..or in the words of Katt Williams, "If a MFer calls you a crackhead for 20 years, b!tch, you are smoking crack!"

(Off topic); Schilling is a hypocrite - he's running his mouth about Bonds, but he's quiet about the dudes he played with in Arizona that were juicing. What's up with that?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Exactly.That recent song with Usher? That sounds like something Chris Brown and Bow Wow should be doing.