The judge presiding over R. Kelly’s latest federal trial excused nearly half of the potential jurors questioned in the case Monday, including those who said they would find it difficult to be fair to the fallen R&B superstar given what they know about the case against him.
At least eight people among the more than 60 questioned said they had seen at least part of “Surviving R. Kelly,” the 2019 Lifetime docuseries that turned out to be a harbinger of bad news for the singer. Most said they had some awareness of the serious legal trouble that followed for Kelly, including many who noted they were aware the singer was convicted on racketeering charges last year in federal court in New York.
