![]() ![]() Judge Leinenweber repeatedly rejected requests from Kelly’s defense team that he be tried alone because his and McDavid’s interests would conflict at a joint trial. McDavid’s testimony could lend credence to the charges Kelly alone faces - five counts of enticing minor girls for sex, one count each for five accusers. “The last (few) weeks … I’ve learned a lot … that I had no idea about in 2008,” added McDavid, who previously had testified that he once saw Kelly as a son. Kelly, 55, already was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June after a separate federal trial in New York. McDavid was the only one of the three defendants to testify in his own behalf. But when they told Judge Harry Leinenweber on Friday that they needed some time to prepare, he said there would be no rebuttal and the case would go straight to closing arguments Monday morning. Prosecutors normally get a chance to call witnesses in a rebuttal of the defense case. A third co-defendant, Kelly associate Milton Brown, is accused of receiving child pornography. Both also face child pornography charges. Kelly and McDavid are charged with fixing Kelly’s 2008 state child pornography trial - at which Kelly was acquitted - by threatening witnesses and concealing video evidence. He testified for nearly two days that he had believed Kelly when he denied abusing minors - then said he started having doubts about Kelly’s believability during the trial that started last month. Minutes before resting, Kelly co-defendant and ex-business manager Derrell McDavid ended three days on the stand. ![]() Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer’s trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with closing arguments and the start of jury deliberations scheduled for early next week. ![]()
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