"Favor Ain't Fair: RKelly Acquitted On All 14-Counts"

Okay! Okay, I admit I was as wrong as two left shoes in my prediction of RKelly's eventual relocation into one of Illinois' state correctional facilities after the jury deliberated last Friday. It was bad enough that it was Friday the 13th--a day seen as bad luck, and I'd already pictured him in the obligatory orange jumpsuit with his hair braided, of course. I'd also pictured the eventual video that he would make after his release from prison in about June 2013. You could have bought me with a nickel when he was acquitted.

He would go on to hush all of his naysayers when on Friday, June 13, 2008, Robert Sylvester Kelly was acquitted on all charges of Child Pornography stemming from a video tape that was turned over to police in 2002, depicting a man and a girl having sex. The man was believed to be RKelly and the girl was believed to be an under-aged minor.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the acquittal was due to the facts. The facts are that the prosecution obviously forgot to bring their 6-year-old case with them to court. In this event, the defense team headed by Samuel Adam, Jr., proceeded to discredit and cast doubts about the credibility of every witness that testified for the prosecution and even with the authenticity of the video tape. It was a purely "Johnny Cochran-ish" style of defense. The kind that unbelievable acquittals are made of.

Well, I personally have always thought that this kid from Chicago's Southside had the "favor of God" on his life. He's had unbelievable success in the music business despite the fact that 'bitter water runs out of the same fountain as sweet water with him'.
Let me explain. I am a fan of "I Believe I Can Fly" and "The World's Greatest"-- two songs I absolutely adore that he wrote and were both popular crossover hits. His voice is melodic and classically trained. He sings in other languages, reads music and is talented beyond belief.

How then can he use these same gifts to sing about some of the most disrespectful subjects and have them blasted on the airwaves? He is a father with daughters. Some of his material goes way beyond the scope of decency and is totally "R" rated and "X"rated music that he's written from the same pen (so to speak)as the songs that children embrace. He refers to himself as the "Pied Piper"--a mythical character who played music and led a group of children to their demise. How ironic.

Well, RKelly, the world plans and God plans too. It was reported that after each acquittal was read you said, "Thank you, Jesus." They also reported that you cried. I admonish you to be aware that "not guilty" is not the same as "innocent."
When I was a little girl my daddy warned me that unless I was interested in becoming a Supreme Court Justice, that I needed to get out of the judging bizness.
I am not judging you, but I am suggesting that perhaps this episode in your life was so that you may be humbled. You could afford the justice you received. I am certain that you prayed for favor with the jury and the judge. It seems you received both. Remember my friend, "Favor ain't fair."

Does RKelly Really Believe he Can Fly?

Closing arguments are set to begin on Thursday, June 12, 2008 in the RKelly Child Pornography trial. On this past Tuesday, the prosecution and the defense both rested their case. RKelly explained to the judge his decision not to testify. This would be the only statement he would make throughout the entire 6-week trial.
The case is very simple (in case you've been hiding under a rock and are clueless to what this is all about). Robert Sylvester Kelly is accused of having videotaped himself having sex with and urinating on an underage girl of about age 13 years approximately 10 years ago.

Kelly and the alleged victim maintain that it is not they who are the stars of this production. The prosecution brought forth witnesses (friends,schoolmates and family of the young lady and former business associates and lovers of Kelly's) who testified that it is without a shadow of a doubt RKelly and the young lady that are depicted in the raunchy 27 minute video-tape that has been shown to the court observers and jurors.

Kelly has been charged in 14-counts of child pornography and each count carries a 4-15 year sentence. RKelly only needs to be found guilty of one count in order to be sent to prison.

Many people in Chicago believe that RKelly is guilty but will not serve any time in prison because he is RKelly. Some of the testimony in the case was extremely damaging, especially from former lovers who testified that RKelly frequently video taped sex acts between him and other ladies.

If RKelly really believes he can fly, then he needs to spread his wings and fly right out of that courtroom, because from my window on the second floor--his situation looks bleak.

Famous to Infamous: The RKelly Sex Tape Is Played in Court

Is it me or am I not the only person who is already growing weary of this saga known as the RKelly sex tape trial? In what is only the start of the second week of these legal proceedings, the prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered opening statements and shortly after showed the controversial 27-minute homemade pornography video known as “People’s Exhibit 1” to the packed courtroom. Can this trial get any more over the top?

I remember like it was only yesterday hearing the news in 2002 that the Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper had received an anonymous video tape of sex acts between a man who appeared to be RKelly and a girl who appeared to be an underage minor. After reading that they had turned the tape over to police authorities, I never gave it a second thought. A few months later talk of the tape emerged again and RKelly was arrested, posted bail and went on with his life of making music and making money and making concert appearances. I thought it was over because I hardly heard anything else.

By some strange occurrence the video surfaced on the streets of Chicago and on the internet and as a result the urban communities across America went buck wild viewing it and buying copies for their own archives and maybe even for nostalgic bragging rights. It was treated as a big joke pretty much and although I had several opportunities to view the video, I opted not to for various reasons. Why would anyone view stolen homemade porn when there are so much commercial porn DVDs available starring people who want to be viewed? There’s something about seeing private citizens or stars having sex that is not cool at all and seems like peeping in windows to me.

Flash forward to six years later and RKelly is on trial for his alleged participation in the video although he maintains that the star of that production is not him. The alleged co-star or leading lady, now a 23 year old woman, maintains that she is not the person depicted in the video either. Somehow we, the people are to believe that this whole ordeal which is dominating the news across the world is a ruse—an unfortunate set of circumstances and a simple case of mistaken identity.

That would be alright, however now his entire life and character are being heavily scrutinized under these allegations. RKelly is accused on fourteen felony counts of pornography and the deck is stacked against him as surprise witnesses—other young ladies, who claim to have been underage victims of his sexual prowess, are coming forward out of the woodwork to testify that he took liberty with them as well.
Stay tuned folks I have a feeling that this trial will surpass the O J Simpson and Michael Jackson trials in twists and turns.