(Montreal) Singer R. Kelly told a federal judge today that he will not testify at his trial where he is charged with, among other things, child pornography.
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The judge raised the issue minutes before lawyers for the fallen star and two co-defendants began calling their first witnesses, working to counter two weeks of testimony from prosecutors, including four women who accused Kelly of sexual assault.
A federal judge in New York sentenced R. Kelly in June to 30 years in prison on charges of extortion and sex trafficking. A conviction on just one or two of the charges at the Chicago trial could add years to that sentence.