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BET News Lands the First Post-Trial Exclusive Interview With R&B Singer R.Kelly

"R. KELLY SPEAKS" Premieres Tuesday, September 16 at 10:00 p.m. After a six-year court case resulting inan acquittal on all 14 counts of child pornography, multi-platinum recordingartist and Grammy award winner R. Kelly breaks his silence to the world in anexclusive BET News special, R. KELLY SPEAKS, premiering on Tuesday, September16 at 10:00 p.m.* In this half-hour special, Kelly sits down with BET hostand acclaimed journalist Toure in Philadelphia for his first and possibly final interview to discuss his long legal battle leading up to the not-guilty verdict. The verdict came six years after the R&B superstar was first charged with videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl who prosecutorsbelieve may have been as young as 13 at the time. By answering thehard-hitting questions surrounding his recent case, career, critics and more, Kelly hopes to close this major chapter in his life-once and for all. Kelly will speak openly about his feelings during and after the trial, thefans he lost along the way, his brother who openly expressed concern aboutthe superstar's sexual age preference and more. R. KELLY SPEAKS is the third installment in the series of exclusiveone-on-one interviews produced by BET News. Past specials include, T.I.SPEAKS and THE BISHOP SPEAKS, an in-depth interview with Bishop Thomas Weeks III.

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