Prosecutors To R. Kelly: The Jury Needs To Hear About Your Alleged Herpes During Sex Trafficking Trial Whether You Like It Or Not
Aug. 16 2021, Published 5:17 p.m. ET
Prosecutors believe the jurors presiding over R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial should be informed about him allegedly exposing young women to Herpes despite knowing he was infected.
According to court documents obtained by Radar, the government is fighting the disgraced singer’s plea to not allow any conversation about his STDs at his trial which starts this week.
In the indictment against Kelly, the singer is accused of running a criminal enterprise that had the sole goal of recruiting girls for him to sexually abuse.
Two alleged victims claim Kelly exposed them to Herpes in 2020. Recently, Kelly demanded all charges related to the STD be thrown out. He claimed the New York State Dept. of Health and the World Health Organization do not define Herpes as an "acute, bacterial venereal disease." His lawyers tried to throw a bunch of arguments against the wall to see what stuck.
The team also said the charges did not allege conduct “accounting to reckless endangerment under state law.” In newly filed documents, the government demands Kelly’s motion be denied.
They claim he had over a year to try to have the charges dismissed and