Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the trial and pretrial hearings in R. Kelly's sexual abuse case, but the R&B singer's accusers can't be photographed or filmed without their consent, a judge ruled Friday. Associate Judge Lawrence Flood said cameras will be allowed going forward, beginning with the next hearing on March 22. Kelly, 52, has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse pertaining to four women, including three who were minors at the time the abuse allegedly occurred. Cook County, which includes Chicago, has started allowing cameras in its courtrooms in recent years. Cameras were allowed in court during the trial of Jason Van Dyke, a white former Chicago police officer who was convicted of murder in the shooting death of a black teenager, Laquan McDonald.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2019 19:30 UTC