Jury selection in the first of the R Kelly sex abuse trials was completed yesterday, with opening statements in the New York case scheduled to begin next week.Judge Ann Donnelly swore in the twelve person jury – made up of seven men and five women – following a three day selection process during which dozens of potential jurors were questioned.Donnelly obviously needed assurances from all of those who will sit on the jury that they will be able to remain impartial, despite the intense media coverage of the case ever since Kelly was charged in 2019.
Many of those selected said that they had not really followed much of that coverage and therefore knew very little about the case.The musician faces a stack of charges for sexual abuse, including.
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