Troubled American singer, Robert Kelly popularly known in music circles as R Kelly is seeking a ban on anyone who has seen the ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ docuseries from being a juror in his trial.
The move was made on Monday August 15 by R Kelly’s lawyers argued before his second trial begins in Chicago that anyone who has seen any parts of the docuseries can’t be fair in the trial.
R Kelly’s legal team in a motion filed yesterday also argued that any potential juror who has seen any portion of Surviving R. Kelly is prejudiced where there’s no scenario in which an individual exposed to the contents of Surviving R. Kelly can be impartial.
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The court document obtained by TMZ read; “Any potential juror who has watched any portion of this docuseries must be disqualified for cause on whether they can be fair, too great a risk exists that such a juror would base their verdict on matters not introduced into evidence in the courtroom.
“Any potential juror who has seen any portion of Surviving R. Kelly is prejudiced where there’s no scenario in which an individual exposed to the contents of Surviving R. Kelly can be impartial.”
