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Tories ask court to stop Liberals from using Harper tape
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CHICAGO - R. Kelly's lawyers opened his defense Wednesday, calling relatives of the alleged victim to testify that she's not the person in the sex video at the center of the case. (article 2)
So far, seven family members of the alleged victim have testified - four prosecution witnesses who said earlier that they recognized the woman, and three who said Wednesday that they did not. (article 2)
" It definitely wasn't her said Shonna Edwards, when asked Wednesday whether the underage girl seen having sex with the Grammy winner on the video was her relative. (article 2)
Also Wednesday, the defense sought to discredit the testimony of a star prosecution witness, Lisa Van Allen, who told jurors Monday that she engaged in three-way sex with Kelly and the alleged victim. (article 2)
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) A Chicago Sun-Times reporter isn't going to answer questions at R. Kelly's child pornography trial. (article 1)
Jim DeRogatis cited an Illinois law that governs reporters' rights and the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in refusing to answer questions Wednesday. (article 1)
DeRogatis read the statement more than a dozen times in response to questions, including whether he once made a copy of the sex tape at the center of the trial. (article 1)
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tape, DeRogatis, Kelly, Harper, Cadman |
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- Reporter refuses to testify at R. Kelly trial (CNN, 06/04/2008, 256 words)
- Relatives of alleged R. Kelly victim say she's not in video (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 787 words)
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