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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Closing arguments expected Monday in R. Kelly trial after defense rests

R. Kelly’s former business manager, Derrel McDavid, enters the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Aug. 17 in Chicago. McDavid will take the stand for a third day Friday in Kelly’s trial on federal child pornography and obstruction charges. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

The stage has been set for one last bitter legal battle Monday in the latest trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly, when lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments on the 25th floor of Chicago’s federal courthouse in the Loop.

Once it’s over, the jury will consider whether to convict Kelly based on allegations that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl in a notorious video that first surfaced 20 years ago.

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