DISGRACED R&B star R. Kelly’s legal team is demanding a new trial, as they reveal newly discovered evidence, as his life remains “in jeopardy” in prison.
The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal that the singer’s attorneys filed the motion on Friday for a new trial, after alleging the singer wasn’t given proper access to his legal counsel and that the government suppressed evidence during his initial trial, among other claims.
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In the motion for a new trial, Kelly’s attorneys wrote “Newly discovered evidence establishes that the government engaged in numerous constitutional violations in its prosecution of Mr. Kelly.”
They claimed that “The government violated Mr. Kelly’s right to counsel by utilizing a jailhouse informant to elicit information from Mr. Kelly about the subject matter of the case.
“The government committed further violations of Mr. Kelly’s right to counsel as well as his right to due process under the Fifth Amendment through the surreptitious collection of Mr. Kellys legal communications.”
In the motion, his legal team all took issue with specific evidence that they say was withheld from them in the initial trial.
“The government flouted its obligations under Brady and Giglio by concealing impeachment evidence that would damage its case against Mr. Kelly and demonstrate witness intimidation and obstruction of justice committed by prosecutors and B.O.P.
officers. The interest of justice therefore requires a new trial.”
His legal team took particular issue with the government’s witness who testified under the alias of Jane.
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