R. Kelly's lawyer to try new defenses
According to The Associated Press reports, R. Kelly's lawyers try to revive tattered defenses. The star's attorney guided his electric scooter down a hallway outside the courtroom where his client is on trial for child pornography.
That battle cry last week from Ed Genson, who suffers from a neurological disorder that makes it difficult for him to walk, was apt: After two weeks of prosecution testimony, the R&B star's lawyers have a lot of ground to regain.
After launching their defense days ago, Kelly's lawyers are endeavoring to breathe life back into several key claims when the case continues this week, including that a mole on Kelly's back proves his innocence and that a sex tape at the heart of the case could 
have been doctored, possibly as part of an extortion plot.
Kelly, who won a Grammy Award in 1997 for "I Believe I Can Fly," has pleaded not guilty to child pornography for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a female prosecutors say was at young as 13. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
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