{"id":275232,"date":"2020-07-08T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/feds-want-r-kelly-jurors-protected-fear-singers-team-interfering-2"},"modified":"2020-07-08T13:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:05:01","slug":"feds-want-r-kelly-jurors-protected-fear-singers-team-interfering-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/feds-want-r-kelly-jurors-protected-fear-singers-team-interfering-2","title":{"rendered":"Feds Want J. Kelly Jurors Protected, Fear Singer's Team Interfering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The feds in R. Kelly<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s case want to keep potential jurors protected \u2014 even by armed guards, at times, because they feel Kelly\u2019s legal team poses a threat to jurors, but the singer\u2019s team\u2019s not having it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The feds filed legal docs in the Eastern District of NY requesting the jurors remain anonymous and partially sequestered because they fear Kelly\u2019s team could mess with the jurors.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In the docs, obtained by TMZ, the feds say they want the jurors\u2019 identities, addresses and places of employment to be kept under wraps from the defense and prosecutors. They also want the U.S. Marshals to escort the jury in and out of the courthouse, and make the jurors eat lunch together so they\u2019re not bombarded by intense media coverage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The feds insist the jurors\u2019 identities are not crucial to the jury selection process and argue \u201cthese measures are necessary to safeguard the jurors and the fair administration of process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The prosecution claims Kelly and his associates have previously attempted to obstruct justice<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 calling Kelly \u201cthe leader of a racketeering enterprise he created and used for decades to sexually abuse and exploit women and girls for his own sexual gratification, including through the use of bribery, kidnapping and forced labor.\u201d The judge has yet to sign off on the government\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Remember, the government in the past has contended Kelly \u201chas a history of coercing women to write letters containing false and embarrassing allegations\u201d so he can later use them as blackmail.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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R. Kelly\u2019s lawyer, Steven Greenberg<\/strong>, tells TMZ \u2026 he\u2019s all for the Marshals walking the jury in and out of the courthouse saying, \u201cThey don\u2019t have to put up with [the] circus of outside influences and agitators like the Weinstein jurors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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But, he also says, \u201cIt\u2019s absurd not to know where people are from or what kind of employment they are engaging in. Those are essential things to understand \u2014 how people think and view things. Imagine if there\u2019s an FBI agent on the jury or a district attorney or someone who works for a battered woman\u2019s shelter. The stuff about Kelly tampering and being dangerous is just a regurgitation of their same argument which we disagreed with all along.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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