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federal prosecutors say r kelly is a
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predator who dominated and controlled
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underage girls the 54-year-old r b
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singer's racketeering trial got underway
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in new york yesterday it's just one of
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the criminal cases he's facing joining
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us now for more on this is jerica duncan
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dreka good morning one of our kelly's
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accusers testified yesterday
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can you tell us who she is and what the
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prosecution is trying to prove by having
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her speak
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well you know this case is really all
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about sex crimes it's about uh
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conducting an enterprise as prosecutors
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saying they're hoping to show a pattern
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they're showing witnesses they want to
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bring forth witnesses that will talk uh
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to them like jaronda pace about their
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experiences with r kelly the defense on
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the other hand is trying to poke holes
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in the testimony early on uh even in
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their opening arguments saying show me
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the proof where is the proof but going
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back to jaronda pace she was someone
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that was also
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interviewed for that documentary that
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appeared on lifetime surviving r kelly
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the same story that she told in that
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documentary is the same one that she
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told jurors yesterday that she was 14
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when she was outside
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during r kelly's first trial that you
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might recall when he was indicted on
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child pornography and later acquitted in
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2008 she talked about going to that
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trial attending it as a supporter as a
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fan and then later meeting him and
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actually having interaction with him
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when she was 16 years old she said that
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our kelly took her virginity
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that she did tell the singer that she
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was older than 16 at the time that she
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was
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19 years old but then later told him
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after they had sex she said that she was
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only 16 and that his response according
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to her was continue to say that you're
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19 and act like you're 21.
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so right there you're setting up the
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case for someone who knew that a person
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was underaged and continued to have sex
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with them but again the bigger picture
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in this case is that they're saying our
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kelly led an enterprise they're using
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rico statute the similar things that
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they would use for mob or gang but
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they're saying that he led people his
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associates managers to direct them to do
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different things and
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transport women over state lines for the
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purpose of having sex with them
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yeah that racketeering charge and that
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uh alleged
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the way that they want they they say
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that he created this criminal enterprise
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definitely something that we've been
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hearing about uh from the prosecution
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but regarding the defense opening
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and their opening argument yesterday
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what case did they make to jurors you
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mentioned that they're trying to poke
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holes what kind of holes did they do
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they try and create
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you know the defense um interestingly
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enough went for about two hours and
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there were a number of times where the
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judge had to stop
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in the middle of her argument nicole
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blank becker who's arguing on defense of
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r kelly and basically reminded her that
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she is to present the jurors with what
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evidence she can expect
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or what evidence they can expect to hear
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and and pretty much
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give her argument as to why she does not
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believe that this evidence will hold
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instead there were times where she said
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to the jurors you know how can you lead
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the enterprise and be the enterprise and
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the judge stopped her and said wait i
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will tell the jurors and instruct them
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on the law you talk about what the
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evidence is that they will expect to
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hear from during this trial or some of
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the evidence that they will expect to
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hear during this trial so
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that i'm certain had some sort of effect
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on jurors because that happened a number
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of times
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there were times where you weren't
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really sure where she was going with her
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defense but really going back to the
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fact that you know r kelly had fans and
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it was known that he had girlfriends she
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said and that these women who were with
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him knew that he had girlfriends she
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didn't really say much though about this
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idea that he was having sex allegedly
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with underage girls
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she focused on the fact that these women
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knew what they were getting into she
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said that a lot of them were super fans
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and they wanted fame and that's what
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they're motivated by even today
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interestingly enough another person that
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was brought up at the very beginning for
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prosecutors was the late singer aaliyah
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it will be 20 years that she died this
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month and
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in that specific instance what the
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prosecutors were saying is bribery took
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place because aaliyah was 15 years old
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our kelly was 27 and someone within his
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camp was able to get a fake marriage
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license our fake id excuse me to say
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that aaliyah was actually 18 at the time
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that she was 15 and for the first time
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we also learned that i hadn't heard that
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the reason behind getting married was uh
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the prosecutors say
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that our kelly believed that aaliyah may
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have been pregnant and basically stopped
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in the middle of a tour to come to be
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with her and
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get this marriage license hoping that
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that would sort of quell any rumors or
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or wouldn't look as bad if she was uh in
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fact pregnant but there are a number of
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jane does that are listed
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someone who said that she was a former
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intern at a radio station and then ended
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up
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locked in a hotel room that she had you
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know some chinese food and some coke and
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somehow passed out and then woke up to
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seeing r kelly in the room and believing
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that he had had sex with her and she was
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passed out again you're hearing from
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jaronda pace who's still going to
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testify later today there are a number
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of people that we expect to hear from at
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least six
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possibly more than that that are part of
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this uh federal indictment well eureka
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these stories are shocking uh we look
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forward to your reporting on the
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testimony later today uh hopefully on
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cbsn and even evening news
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thank you
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