With the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial nearing jury deliberations, a prosecutor on Thursday urged jurors to convict the R&B superstar on federal charges that he used his celebrity as leverage to sexually abuse women, girls and boys for more than two decades. "It is now time to hold the defendant responsible for the pain he inflicted on each of his victims," Assistant U.S.
Attorney Elizabeth Geddes said in concluding her closing arguments in federal court in Brooklyn. "It is now time for the defendant, Robert Kelly, to pay for his crimes.
Convict him." Her remarks came after an exhaustive recitation of evidence the government says proves how Kelly, with the help of some loyal members of his entourage, lured underage victims into his orbit.
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