Shortly after opening statements concluded, prosecutors in the child pornography trial of R&B singer R. Kelly showed a 27-minute videotape to the jury which shows a man having sex with a young female. Prosecutors claim the man in the video is Kelly, but defense attorneys said it's not the 41-year-old singer.

In the video, the man begins by handing the young girl money. She then dances for him while he is off camera. When he returns to the screen, he has sex with her.

Jurors sat motionless as they watched the video. Earlier, they had been taking extensive notes during the opening statements.

Disturbing and Disgusting

During those opening statements, prosecutor Shauna Boliker told jurors they would see that "the case will unfold before you frame by disgusting frame. You will see the sex acts he commands her to do," said Boliker, who referred to Kelly by his birth name of Robert Kelly. "Acts you have never seen before. Vile, disturbing and disgusting sex acts, actions that were choreographed, produced and starred in by Robert Kelly."

During his opening statement, defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. questioned the origins of the tape and denied that the man in the video was Kelly. The case against Kelly began in 2002 after someone mailed the videotape to the Chicago Sun-Times.

"You know what they have to connect Mr. Kelly to this tape?" Adam asked the jurors. "Nothing."

See Also:
Sex Tape Shown to Jurors, Court in R. Kelly Trial

Earlier Article:
R. Kelly's Child Porn Trial Begins

Background:
R. Kelly's Arrest and Mug Shot

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