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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

New lawyer challenges R. Kelly’s racketeering conviction; seeks acquittal, new trial

R. Kelly talks to a supporter as he walks into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Thursday morning, June 6, 2019. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

The new lawyer for convicted R&B singer R. Kelly asked a federal judge in Brooklyn on Thursday to overturn the verdict against him or give him a new trial in a set of expected challenges to his racketeering conviction last year.

Kelly is now represented by Jennifer Bonjean, the attorney who helped actor Bill Cosby in his successful bid last year to have the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturn his sexual assault conviction. Her legal career began in Chicago.

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