R. Kelly and his legal team are moving in court ahead of the singer's upcoming trial in Chicago, requesting that certain material be given to the jury.
According to court records obtained by RadarOnline.com, the disgraced singer's legal team seeks to have a number of topics deemed off-limits during the upcoming trial.
Following the judgment, the "I Believe I Can Fly" singer was brought to Illinois to prepare for a second trial on other charges before a jury of his peers.
In his current move, the artist asserts that he is not charged with any behavior relating to his connection with the late Aaliyah, "including evidence that [Kelly] married Aaliyah in 1994 when she was a minor."
He stated that prosecutors should not be permitted to use any of this evidence in court and that no one should be permitted to testify about his alleged sexual relationship with Aaliyah.
In 1994, Kelly, then 27 years old, married Aaliyah, then 15 years old.
The authorities accused him of paying a governmental official in order to obtain a phony ID for the minor musician. In addition, he does not want to discuss any uncharged charges of women who believe he assaulted them.
His lawyer wrote, "The voluminous discovery in this case reveals that scores of women have accused [Kelly] of engaging in varying forms of mistreatment toward them. The government has not provided notice of any intent to offer such additional evidence. [Kelly] moves to bar any additional uncharged allegations of misconduct."
Kelly also ordered that any evidence that he made his accusers pregnant or aided their abortions be excluded from court proceedings.
According to him, two women would allege Kelly conceived them and then assisted them in obtaining an abortion. The judge has not yet rendered a ruling on the motion.
The 55-year-old R&B musician was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York last September. He had been accused for years, and on Wednesday the judge stated that he was "indifferent to human misery."
The singer, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, will appeal, according to his attorneys. Prior to Kelly's sentencing, a number of women took the stand to confront him. A lady known only as Angela described the singer as a Pied Piper who "increased in evil" with each new victim, while other unnamed witnesses claimed that he had crushed their spirits. One individual stated, "I wanted I were dead because of how you made me feel." Kelly, attired in prison khakis and dark glasses, declined to make a remark and did not react as the verdict was announced.
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