A federal court judge began the jury selection process in Brooklyn on Monday
. Prosecutors say Kelly operated his sex trafficking ring like a criminal enterprise, relying on the people who worked for him to facilitate it.
In the final days leading up to this month’s trial, the judge presiding over Kelly’s New York case has also allowed prosecutors toagainst the disgraced singer. At the end of July, they filed court documents including allegations that Kelly abused a 17-year-old boy he met at a McDonald’s in 2006, and later invited back to his Chicago recording studio.
“The evidence is certainly relevant because it demonstrates the methods that were used to perpetuate the ,” the judgeThe evidence will significantly change the scope of the trial for Kelly: In addition to the allegations that he abused boys as well as young women and girls, the court documents reportedly add
. In the July filings, prosecutors said they believed their findings would help convince a jury that the other allegations against Kelly were “part of a larger pattern” of criminal behavior.
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