A prosecutor opened the long-anticipated sex abuse trial of R&B star R. Kelly on Wednesday by describing the singer as a “predator” who used his fame to entice girls, boys and young women before dominating and controlling them physically, sexually and psychologically. Maria Cruz Melendez told the Brooklyn jury as she explained the evidence to be revealed at his federal trial. The trial unfolds more than a decade after Kelly was acquitted in a 2008 child pornography case in Chicago. AdvertisementThey’re expected to offer testimony about how Kelly’s managers, bodyguards and other employees helped him recruit women, girls and sometimes boys for sexual exploitation. The New York case is only part of the legal peril facing the singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 18, 2021 17:15 UTC