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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

THE TRUTH ABOUT: R kelly trial enters second day of testimony - Caught on Camera

In this file photo, R. Kelly walks with supporters out of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in June 2019. The singer’s trial in federal court in Chicago enters its second day Thursday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo)

The alleged victim who declined to testify against R&B superstar R. Kelly during his original criminal trial 14 years ago finally took the witness stand Thursday in a dramatic, highly anticipated moment in Kelly’s new trial in Chicago’s federal court.

The now-37-year-old woman, referred to as Jane, had limited obvious interaction with Kelly as she testified in a white suit in the largest courtroom of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Kelly was seated in the well of the courtroom, with his attorneys.

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