R. Kelly Trial: The Defense Rests

The defense of R&B superstar R. Kelly rests after two days and only 12 witnesses. According to a Chicago Sun-Times article, the witnesses did not include Kelly or the woman, now age 23, said to be on the sex tape showing the singer engaging in sex acts with an underage girl who was between 13 and 16 at the time of filming. The alleged victim testified that she was not on the tape.

Legal experts think that not having the young woman testify will end up hurting, rather than helping, the defense. Her silence will seem suspicious, as though it had been bought by the defense.

Today, Atlanta prosecutor Robert Wolf is expected to testify that Yul Brown, the fiance of Lisa Allen who supposedly engaged in a menage-a-trois with the alleged victim, was not offered any sort of deal in exchange for his fiancee's silence. Brown was brought up on gun and drug possession charges and is now on probation shortly before contacting the Cook County prosecutors about testifying in the trial.

Video expert Grant Fredericks is also expected to testify in response to the defense team's video expert, brought in last week. Fredericks will explain to the jury that a mole seen in the video on the man's back matches a mole on Kelly's back. Last week, the defense's expert explained the spot that is supposedly a mole fades in and out and is only video noise.

The defense objects to Wolf and Frederick's testimony (this is his second time on the stand). They have also asked that jurors not be given the tape during deliberations.