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r kelly is back in a new york city
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federal courtroom today as opening
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statements get underway in one of the
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criminal trials he faces this case stems
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from years of allegations of sexual
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abuse kelly faces racketeering and other
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charges for an alleged plot involving
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illegal sexual activity with women and
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underage girls jerika duncan is at the
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brooklyn courthouse with details
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you know laura some people will say this
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trial was years in the making we've
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heard from numerous women who say they
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were abused by r kelly but his legal
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team says there's another side to this
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story and that that side will finally be
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heard starting today
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[Music]
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r kelly's music topped the charts for
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decades and at times he seemed
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unstoppable
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[Music]
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the r b star won three grammys just a
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few years after he married then
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fifteen-year-old singer aaliyah
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at the time of their marriage kelly was
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twenty-seven
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then in 2002 kelly was charged with
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making a sex tape with a 14 year old a
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jury found him not guilty six years
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later kelly continued to make more music
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and more money i feel like justice for
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me is just
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it's just been about me being a silence
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breaker in this on the radio i'm gonna
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hook you up former radio dj kitty jones
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says kelly physically emotionally and
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sexually abused her when they dated back
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in 2011. was there a part of you that
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was afraid to say something yeah that's
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a part of it i didn't fit the profile
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people that knew me knew that i would
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never
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have been in a situation like that
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because i had so much going for me
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jones was among a handful of women who
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described life under kelly's control in
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the 2019 docu-series surviving r kelly
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being on punishment could be
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either you're not getting food or
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you took a beating people betrayed me
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and i keep forgiving them that same year
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kelly sat down with gayle king have you
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done anything wrong
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lots of things wrong
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when it comes to women that i apologize
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but i apologize in those relationships
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at the time i was in the relationships
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haven't broken any laws when it comes to
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women absolutely not
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four months after that interview kelly
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was arrested for federal sex crimes in
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chicago and new york in july the 54 year
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old was transferred to brooklyn where he
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will now stand trial for allegedly
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running a criminal enterprise for two
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decades involving sex trafficking of
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women and underage girls kelly's legal
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team tells cbs news the enterprise is
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based on a series of independent
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relationships and events that the
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government is trying to patch together
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like different types of fabrics and
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trying to pass it off as silk as for
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jones she says her focus is on the
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survivors my hope is just for everyone
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to get
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a peace of mind finally
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process their hurts
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kelly faces 10 years to life in prison
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if convicted on all charges in the new
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york case now several women are expected
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to testify over the next month which is
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how long this trial is expected to last
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laura
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tarika thank you and joining me now to
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discuss this highly anticipated trial is
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cbs news legal analyst ricky clemen
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ricky what can we expect from today's
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opening statements
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i think you're going to hear from the
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prosecution for approximately an hour
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and a half and they are going to lay out
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a sordid tale with shocking acts of
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exploitation of women and young girls
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they've charged him with the most
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serious of crimes which is a rico
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violation which means a racketeering
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influence corrupt organization
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and he's portrayed in simple english as
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the ringleader of a group of people
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including his employees and enablers who
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would get these women and young girls
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bring them to him after sometimes he
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chose them at concerts and events
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and these girls and women were then uh
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allegedly kidnapped they were placed in
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apartments for where he lived they were
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put in rooms they had to wear baggy
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clothes when they were not with him they
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were not able to eat or go to the
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bathroom without his permission
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so in this way he's been charged with
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being an a mastermind of exploitation
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and trafficking so i expect a tale from
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the opening statement of the prosecutor
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to lay out each of the offenses and it
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will really be something that uh will
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shock any person who was in that
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courtroom yeah shocking is right those
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allegations something like a sex slavery
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camp that he was holding in his home
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uh we know that this is not his first
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time in trouble with the law he was
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acquitted
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of child pornography charges back in
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2008
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what is different about this trial and
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who will testify now
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well the whole issue laura as you just
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use the word is testify what happened in
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the first trial back at the acquittal of
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2008 was that the victim herself and her
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parents did not testify
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so they were in a position as
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prosecutors to try to prove a case
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without a victim
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here that is not so we expect a number
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of alleged victims to testify in this
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case over a period of weeks and when you
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hear the words from the victims about
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what happened to them
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that creates a very different atmosphere
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to say the least
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we also do have to remember that our
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kelly as any defendant is presumed
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innocent unless and until a verdict of
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guilty would come forth and as jericho
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mentioned in her piece before i came on
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with you
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the r kelly lawyers claimed to have a
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very viable defense that they say that
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the media has portrayed r kelly as being
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this monster but that the facts about
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who he is and was and who these women
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were and uh and are will happen in the
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courtroom you know we lawyers say that
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the great engine of truth is
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cross-examination
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so whether the defense is uh giving us
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facts that we will see come alive in the
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courtroom or whether it's just spin in
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bravado that remains to be seen
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let's talk a little bit about the people
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who are going to be determining our
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kelly's fate the jurors
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and
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what
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do we know about them
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what do you think they're going to be
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hearing as testimony begins
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what we do know is that there are seven
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men and five women what we also know
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which may be surprising to many
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is that most of these jurors if not all
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of these jurors who were finally chosen
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in a three-day process someone might
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have thought with the person of r
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kelly's fame that the jury selection
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process would have taken three weeks
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rather than three days
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but most of these people really didn't
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know much about r kelly even as a
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musician and they certainly knew little
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or nothing about these charges so you
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have a jury that is fresh and new and
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that may be a good thing ricky thank you
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so much for your analysis
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thank you laura
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