R. Kelly Denies the Mole is a Mole

This week the reporter who was sent the infamous R. Kelly tape, at the center of his criminal trial, was ordered to court with a bench warrant. When the reporter finally took the stand to testify, he took the fifth amendment over and over. The issue was whether the reporter had made copies of the tape, which would constitute a crime.

On Thursday the Kelly defense lawyers brought in their own video tape forensic expert, to refute claims by the prosecutor’s expert who said there was indeed a mole on the back of the man in the tape, which matched one on Kelly’s back. The latest expert said the black mark that appears in the video appears, and disappears, because the video has been duplicated so many times. Doesn’t that mean the black mark is a mole, but it’s harder to see if the tape has been duplicated?

Kelly should just take a plea deal.