Jury selection in R. Kelly’s trial began Monday inside a 25th-floor courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building, where the 55-year-old Chicago native stands accused of multiple child pornography-related charges, as well as conspiracy to obstruct justice and enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Convicted felon and mediocre actor Jussie Smollett went on a popular radio show this week for an interview in which he denied he staged the infamous 2019 hoax.
Authorities said 65-year-old Daisy Hayes was murdered in 2018 at her Woodlawn apartment by her ex-boyfriend, who carried her body away in a suitcase but Judge Diana Kenworthy acquitted him last week.
The decision from U.S. Attorney John Lausch comes two months after Van Dyke was released from custody after serving about half of his 81-month sentence handed down by a Cook County judge in 2018.