(25 Sep 2021) R. Kelly's fate is now in a jury's hands after weeks of lurid testimony in his sexual misconduct trial.

The panel of seven men and five women began deliberating racketeering and sex trafficking charges against the R&B superstar Friday (24 SEPT. 2021).

"We're just hoping that they're giving it the attention it deserves and we believe that they are and they'll come to the conclusion we came to a long time ago," Deveraux Cannick, Kelly's attorney said after leaving the courthouse Friday.

      

A couple hours into the deliberations, the jurors sent the judge a note asking to review a transcript of testimony and evidence regarding a woman who claimed Kelly sexually assaulted her in 2003 when she was a 21-year-old radio station intern. She testified she was kept locked up in a recording studio for days and drugged before the assault.

Asked about that development, Cannick said, "The only thing I read in it is that they wanted to see certain evidence that they hadn't received just yet...I think it was a letter that Jane (accuser) sent to her brother and they wanted Sonia's (accuser) testimony, full testimony."

Cannick said his client is "stressed", but "hopeful." "He hopes the jury sees it the way we see it," he said.

Cannick argued there was no evidence Kelly's accusers were ever forced to do anything against their will. Instead, Cannick said, Kelly's girlfriends stuck around because he spoiled them with free air travel, shopping sprees and fancy dinners _ treatment that belied the predator label.

      

``He gave them a lavish lifestyle,'' he said. ``That's not what a predator is supposed to do.''

The 54-year-old singer is accused of running a Chicago-based criminal enterprise that recruited his accusers for unwanted sex and mental torment.

      

The witnesses said Kelly subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage. He has denied any wrongdoing.

      

Kelly ``believed the music, the fame and the celebrity meant he could do whatever he wanted,'' Assistant U.S. Attorney Nadia Shihata said in federal court in Brooklyn in a fiery rebuttal to the defense's closing argument that portrayed Kelly as a victim of false accusations.

     

But, she added, ``He's not a genius, he's a criminal. A predator.'' She added that his alleged victims ``aren't groupies or gold diggers. They're human beings.''

      

The 54-year-old Kelly, perhaps best known for the 1996 smash hit ``I Believe I Can Fly, '' has pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges accusing him of abusing women, girls and boys for more than two decades.

      

He is also charged with multiple violations of the Mann Act, which makes it illegal to transport anyone across state lines ``for any immoral purpose.''

      

Prosecutors say their evidence proves how Kelly, with the help of some loyal members of his entourage, used tactics from ``the predator playbook'' to sexually exploit his victims.

      

The tactics included isolating them in ho... [truncated]

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(27 Sep 2021)

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New York - 27 September 2021

1. STILL, Courtroom sketch of R. Kelly (white mask, glasses, blue jacket) while the jury foreperson, far right, reads the verdict

2. STILL, Judge Ann Donnelly addressing the jury asking the foreperson for their verdict.

3. STILL, Courtroom sketch of R. Kelly  

STORYLINE:

R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem "I Believe I Can Fly," was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children.  

A jury of seven men and five women found Kelly guilty of racketeering on their second day of deliberations. Kelly remained motionless, eyes downcast as the verdict was read.

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(27 Sep 2021) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4346073, 4346066, 4346063

R. Kelly has been convicted in a sex trafficking trial after several accusers testified in lurid detail how he subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage.

A New York City jury of seven men and five women found Kelly guilty Monday on a racketeering charge.

Kelly was accused of running a Chicago-based criminal enterprise that recruited his accusers for unwanted sex and mental torment.

Kelly was also convicted of criminal counts accusing him of violating the Mann Act. The act makes it illegal to take anyone across state lines "for any immoral purpose."

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Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury was selected Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's puppet or accomplice?

"We are not in the courtroom this week determining whether or not these victims were victims of sex crimes at the hands of Mr. Epstein," said Sarah Klein, a sexual abuse attorney at Manly, Stewart & Finaldi. "This trial is about Ms. Maxwell's alleged activity to enable Mr. Epstein to abuse these little kids."

Twelve jurors and six alternates will hear Maxwell's case, starting with opening statements expected later in the day. They were picked from a pool of 40 to 60 potential jurors who made it through initial questioning.

Maxwell — who once dated the financier — is accused of acting as Epstein's chief enabler, recruiting and grooming young girls for him to abuse. The charges against her stem from the allegations of four women who say she and Epstein victimized them as teens from 1994 to 2004.

Prosecutors say there's evidence Maxwell knew that the victims, including a 14-year-old, were below the age of consent and that she arranged travel for some between Epstein's homes, including his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, his posh Manhattan townhouse and at other residences in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and London.

Epstein killed himself at a Manhattan federal lockup in August 2019, a month after his arrest on sex trafficking charges. Authorities charged Maxwell in July 2020, arresting her after tracking her to a $1 million New Hampshire estate where she had been holed up during the coronavirus pandemic.

Maxwell has pleaded not guilty and vehemently denies wrongdoing. The 59-year-old British socialite, jailed in Brooklyn since her arrest, has called the claims against her "absolute rubbish." Maxwell's lawyers and family say she was Epstein's pawn, now paying "a blood price" to satisfy public desire to see someone held accountable for his crimes.

The wealthy, Oxford-educated Maxwell is the daughter of British newspaper magnate Robert Maxwell, who died in 1991 after falling off his yacht — named the Lady Ghislaine — near the Canary Islands. Robert Maxwell, whose holdings at the time included the New York Daily News, was facing allegations that he had illegally looted his businesses' pension funds.

Ghislaine Maxwell holds U.S., British and French citizenships and was repeatedly denied bail in the run-up to her trial.

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(14 Apr 2022)

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New York - 14 April 2022

1. SKETCH Drawn from an overflow feed monitor, wide shot of the courtroom of the court appearance of Frank James, James is seated far right in beige shirt flanked by his defense attorneys at defense table. James is also seen in upper right hand corner inset window. Magistrate Roanne Mann presiding.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York - 14 April 2022

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Eisner-Grynberg, attorney for Frank James, suspect in subway shooting:

"What happened in the New York City subway system on Tuesday was a tragedy. It is a blessing that it was not worse. We are all still learning about what happened on that train and we caution against a rush to judgment. What we do know is this: Yesterday, Mr. James saw his photograph on the news. He called Crime Stoppers to help. He told them where he was. Initial press and police reports in cases like this one are often inaccurate. Mr. James is entitled to a fair trial and we will ensure that he receives one."

3. Attorney walks away from microphones

4. Various, exterior of Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn

STORYLINE:

The man charged with opening fire on subway riders in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified all of New York City.

Frank James, 62, spoke only to answer "yes" to standard questions during the brief proceeding in a federal court in Brooklyn. His lawyer later asked the public not to prejudge him.

James was arrested in Manhattan after calling a police tip line to say where he was Wednesday, a day after the harrowing attack.  

Authorities say he unleashed smoke bombs and dozens of bullets, in a train full of morning commuters, shooting 10 people. He's charged with a federal terrorism offense that applies to attacks on mass transit systems — authorities say there's currently no evidence linking him to terror organizations.

"The defendant terrifyingly opened fire on passengers on a crowded subway train, interrupting their morning commute in a way the city hasn't seen in more than 20 years," Assistant U.S. attorney Sara K. Winik said. "The defendant's attack was premeditated, was carefully planned and it caused terror among the victims and our entire city."

The victims, who range in age from 16 to 60, are all expected to survive.

Outside the courtroom, defense lawyer Mia Eisner-Grynberg cautioned against "a rush to judgment.

"Initial reports in a case like this are often inaccurate," she said. She credited James with alerting police to his whereabouts, which he did 30 hours into a manhunt that included cellphone alerts to the general public.

Once he knew he was wanted, "He called Crimestoppers to help," Eisner-Grynberg said.

She had agreed to his being held without bail, at least for now. His attorneys could seek bail later on.

At the request of James' lawyers, Magistrate Roanne Mann said she would... [truncated]

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(17 Dec 2021) Ghislaine Maxwell's defense has rested its case after two days of presenting evidence on the British socialite's behalf.

Not among that evidence was testimony from the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate herself.

Around a half-hour after Maxwell told the court Friday she would not testify in her own defense because "the government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt," one of her attorneys announced the defense had rested.

The judge told the jury that announcement closed the evidence portion of the trial.

She told jurors to return Monday when parties will do their closing arguments.

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New York - 14 April 2022

1. SKETCH Drawn from an overflow feed monitor, wide shot of the courtroom of the court appearance of Frank James, James is seated far right in beige shirt flanked by his defense attorneys at defense table. James is also seen in upper right hand corner inset window. Magistrate Roanne Mann presiding.

HEADLINE: NYC subway attack suspect ordered held without bail

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New York - 14 April 2022

2. Exterior of Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn

ANNOTATION: The man charged with opening fire on subway riders in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge he terrified all of New York City.

3. Subway shooting suspect's attorneys at microphones

ANNOTATION: Outside the courtroom, defense lawyer Mia Eisner-Grynberg cautioned against "a rush to judgment."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Eisner-Grynberg, attorney for Frank James, suspect in subway shooting:

"What happened in the New York City subway system on Tuesday was a tragedy. It is a blessing that it was not worse. We are all still learning about what happened on that train and we caution against a rush to judgment. What we do know is this yesterday, Mr James saw his photograph on the news. He called Crime Stoppers to help. He told them where he was. Initial press and police reports in cases like this one are often inaccurate. Mr James is entitled to a fair trial and we will ensure that he receives one."

5. Attorney walks away from microphones

ANNOTATION: James' lawyers requested the court to ask the Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide James with "psychiatric attention."

STORYLINE:

The man charged with opening fire on subway riders in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified all of New York City.

Frank James, 62, spoke only to answer "yes" to standard questions during the brief proceeding in a federal court in Brooklyn. His lawyer later asked the public not to prejudge him.

James was arrested in Manhattan after calling a police tip line to say where he was Wednesday, a day after the harrowing attack.  

Authorities say he unleashed smoke bombs and dozens of bullets, in a train full of morning commuters, shooting 10 people. He's charged with a federal terrorism offense that applies to attacks on mass transit systems — authorities say there's currently no evidence linking him to terror organizations.

"The defendant terrifyingly opened fire on passengers on a crowded subway train, interrupting their morning commute in a way the city hasn't seen in more than 20 years," Assistant U.S. attorney Sara K. Winik said. "The defendant's attack was premeditated, was carefully planned and it caused terror among the victims and our entire city."

The victims, who range in age from 16 to 60, are all expected to survive.

Outside the courtroom, defense lawyer Mia Eisner-Grynberg cautioned against "a... [truncated]

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(17 Dec 2021) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4357981

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense has rested its case after two days of presenting evidence on the British socialite's behalf.

Not among that evidence was testimony from the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate herself.

Around a half-hour after Maxwell told the court Friday she would not testify in her own defense because "the government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt," one of her attorneys announced the defense had rested.

The judge told the jury that announcement closed the evidence portion of the trial.

She told jurors to return Monday when parties will do their closing arguments.

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Ingram, Texas - 7 July 2025

1. Road sign reading (English) "Old Ingram Loop"

2. Zoom in on river with uprooted trees laying on bank

3. Various of road closure, with law enforcement vehicles and officers from Texas DPS (Department of Public Safety)

STORYLINE:

Law enforcement and officers from the Department of Public Safety were operating a checkpoint in Ingram, Texas, on Monday, not far from a summer camp that was hit by deadly flash floods on Friday.

Camp Mystic said it is “grieving the loss” of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of the catastrophic flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The overall death toll from the floods has risen to 82 after rescuers found more bodies, officials said.

Authorities say many more remain missing.

Searchers now have found 68 bodies in Kerr County where a wall of water came down the Guadalupe River.

Sheriff Larry Leitha said the dead include 28 children.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned Sunday that additional rounds of heavy rains lasting into Tuesday could produce more life-threatening flooding.

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(27 Jan 2022) Stormy Daniels has taken her star turn on the witness stand at California lawyer Michael Avenatti's trial, telling a jury he stole from her and lied to her.

Her testimony Thursday was a highly anticipated moment at the trial of a man who parlayed his representation of Daniels in her legal battles against then-President Donald Trump in 2018 into a high-profile role as a Trump adversary.

Prosecutors say he cheated Daniels of nearly $300,000 of her $800,000 publisher's advance on her 2018 autobiography, "Full Disclosure."

Avenatti has insisted he is innocent and says Daniels owed him a portion of her book income for his work for her.

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