Sex Video Shown in Court

Sex Video Shown in Court

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The sex videotape in the R. Kelly child pornography trial was shown in court Tuesday.

The lights dimmed and the blinds closed. Jurors watched nearly a half hour of graphic sexual acts between by a male and female. They appear to be in a basement with a log cabin motif.

Prosecutors say the man is Kelly and the female an underage girl as young as 13. She performs oral sex and they have intercourse. Toward the end of the VHS video he urinates on her naked body. Sometimes she whispers ‘daddy.’

Kelly’s defense team says the R&B star is not the man in the video. They say Kelly has a mole on his lower back – which they argue is not seen in the video. Chicago police took photos of Kelly’s former home.

One witness called was a Chicago police officer who received the sex tape in 2002. He testified that the photos look the same as the room in the video. Both appeared to have wood paneling.

The alleged victim lives in Chicago but will not be testifying.

I’m Natalie Moore … Chicago Public Radio.