In 2008 R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago courtroom a free man, acquitted of child pornography charges that had plagued him for six years (despite rumors of his sexual abuse of minors preceding those charges by decades).
Nearly 11 years later and facing a slew of new sexual abuse charges (click here to read more those), the very man who defended the singer in that case – high powered criminal defense attorney Ed Genson – has revealed at 77-years-old he is suffering from a late stage of bile duct cancer. Before succumbing to the terminal illness, the lawyer has opted to reveal a long-kept secret about his Grammy-winning client: he was guilty.
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Taking to his local Chicago Sun-Times, the ailing lawyer dished on his time with Kelly:
“I can say whatever I want, but we’ve got to do it fast,” he said. “It would be nice to get it down so somebody knows besides me. He was guilty as hell!”
Despite proclaiming his guilt, Genson feels oddly confident the singer is not guilty of the new charges.
“I don’t think he’s done anything inappropriate for years. I’ll tell you a secret: I had him go to a doctor to get shots, libido-killing shots. That’s why he didn’t get arrested for anything else.”
When quizzed on if Kelly’s recent explosive CBS interview could negatively impact a jury’s decision, the lawyer stated:
“I’m trying to figure out why he did it. I don’t know whether his lawyer [Stephen Greenberg] is an idiot. He might be.”
Lastly, when asked if he thought keeping Kelly out of jail in 2008 has aided in his allegedly destructive behavior since that acquittal, Genson replied:
“I didn’t facilitate him. He had already done what he’d done,” Genson said. “I did facilitate him in the sense I kept him out of trouble for 10 years. I was vetting his records. I listened to them, which ones would make a judge mad.”
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One record Genson claims he pinpointed was Kelly’s ‘Ignition,’ which the 77-year-old says he suggested the singer rewrite to change lyrics that a judge might view as suggestive (in relation to the child pornography case).
“What he doesn’t understand is this: If you win a case with somebody, they think they’re bulletproof,” Genson said. “You’re almost better off, sort of, losing. He thinks he can do whatever the hell he wants. He has done everything he can to hurt himself.”
[photo credit: Getty]
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idk ? i still think hes Innocent.
Well this attorney is telling the truth regarding the old case and his new charges. EVERYONE (including all those women in that Lifetime documentary) had seen those tapes with Kelly and the 14 year old girl either online or on DVD. Kelly been obeying the law since then. However, the public is mad that he got away with his p*** crimes in the 90s so they are trying to ping new crimes on him because mostly all the stuff Kelly did in the 90s is past the 20 year statute of limitations:
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“I don’t think he’s done anything inappropriate for years. I’ll tell you a secret: I had him go to a doctor to get shots, libido-killing shots. That’s why he didn’t get arrested for anything else.”
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BTW I think Kelly’s current attorney Stephen Greenberg is an ‘idiot’ too? After all, what attorney takes a case from a man with no money to pay you and no money coming in? LOL
TROLLmine are you female yet?
@OhWell TROLLmine has ALWAYS been female… Partially. It’s part female and part make- its hèrmáphròdïté.
TROLLmine I been told you Robert would be in jail. I knew when he was in Ethiopia asking women if they had passports and vaccination shots so he could bring them back to America- he was going down!
TOXIC BULLY. It is SAD that you feel so threatened by my presence on this blog that you have to BULLY me from multiple troll accounts. I could read you to shreds, call you names till you cry, or humiliate you since I know who you really are but I’m past that. GROW UP. I’m going to pray for you.
nice lawyer, spilling a clients business.
?OF COURSE HE WAS GUILTY!! The world ? knows that man is a p******** FREAK!!
It wasn’t even him in neither one of those tapez. R Kelly ain’t Neva did nothing to ayyyonnn one of these womanz. They all just want money, literally all of them, parents too.
I agree with everything this man is saying.
I truely feel that since his acquittal, he hasn’t done anything illegal. All of this happening now is from old stuff. Him living with a bunch of young women don’t do any good for his image but it’s legal and these women want to be there.
With that being said, I do think Rkelly feels he is invincible.
They are trying to push this pedophilia in world. I’m telling you now. This is what they want. All this is alleged not true or proof.
All the woman in that video are woman who would’ve been fine if he did what they wanted.
I hope if r kelly goes down all them woman need to go down too.
mike tyson….
tupac
bill cosby
tiger woods
rkelly
all been accused of r***……king of pop not guilty …king of Rnb not guilty