Robert Kelly

Scott Garvis and Robert Kelly are in the business of effective communication. They work well together, but disagree over the use of a BlackBerry. As president of Dale Carnegie Training of South Florida, Garvis can't do without his BlackBerry to...

Scott Garvis and Robert Kelly are in the business of effective communication. They work well together, but disagree over the use of a BlackBerry. As president of Dale Carnegie Training of South Florida, Garvis can't do without his BlackBerry to...

Set on a sandy island where scantily clad castaways compete against each other for power, Shakespeare's "The Tempest" could qualify as the proto-"Survivor." If that sounds like literary heresy, consider the fact that the Bard himself was seldom above...

The jury deciding the fate of R. Kelly has recessed for the night after deliberating for about 3½ hours Thursday. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan, who is presiding over the trial, said jurors would be sequestered at a motel. Deliberations are...

A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted R&B superstar R. Kelly of child pornography charges, marking the end of a high-profile trial rich in courtroom drama and celebrity intrigue. The 41-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, long denied...

If R. Kelly's mole defense doesn't set him free, the defense clearly hopes the alleged victim's braces can. Shortly before the lunch break, the defense showed the jury a photo of the alleged victim with orthodontia gear in her mouth. A former family...

Jury selection in the R. Kelly trial reached the halfway point Tuesday as attorneys from both sides agreed on five more jurors. The child pornography case now has eight jurors—five men and three women—who will decide the R&B superstar's fate....

The media will not be able to access transcripts of secret hearings in the R. Kelly case until after the trial ends, a Cook County judge ruled Friday. In a show of unity among competitors, local news agencies—including the Chicago Tribune, Sun-...

The R. Kelly trial concluded its first day of testimony this afternoon with the defense showing nearly four dozen pictures of scars and birthmarks on the singer's body. The photographs--which were taken by the Chicago Police Department after Kelly's 2002...

The paparazzi and TV news crews have spent weeks scouting the Cook County Criminal Court for the perfect spot to shoot arrivals, departures and stand-ups. The judge presiding over the case sought advice from a fellow jurist in Santa Barbara County on...

The judge in the R. Kelly case has dealt a blow to the superstar's defense, allowing at least one witness to testify to an alleged sexual encounter with Kelly beyond the one recorded on the video at the center of his upcoming trial, sources close to the...

As jury selection begins later this week in the R. Kelly child pornography trial, the high-profile case will be missing a key component of most criminal prosecutions: A victim. The 41-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, faces charges...