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Prosecution Rests Its Case In R. Kelly Sex Crimes And Racketeering Trial

Over the five weeks of testimony, federal prosecutors presented 45 witnesses, including 11 alleged victims.

Editor's note: This report includes allegations of sexual and physical abuse.

Federal prosecutors rested their case in the trial against R&B star R. Kelly today.

Kelly is facing a number of charges that : sexual exploitation of a minor, kidnapping, forced labor and more. Central to the federal government's case

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