Jay Midnyte

LMMBAO! Ay... if they couldn't prove it was him, it wasn't him! Now hopefully he learned his lesson and won't indulge in wild orgy's on basketball courts anymore.

CHICAGO—A jury acquitted R. Kelly on all counts of child pornography after less than a day of deliberations Friday, ending an ordeal for the R&B superstar that began when he was charged six years ago.

The Grammy award-winning singer dabbed his face with a handkerchief and hugged each of his four attorneys after the verdict was read. The singer had faced 15 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors had argued that a graphic sex tape showed Kelly having sex with a girl as young as 13 at the time. Both Kelly, 41, and the now 23-year-old alleged victim had denied they were on the tape. Neither testified during the trial.

The prosecution's star witness was a woman who said she engaged in three-way sex with Kelly and the alleged victim. Defense attorneys argued the man on the tape didn't have a large mole on his back; Kelly has such a mole. (More Info)

Defense claims that is not R. Kelly on the sex tape and the woman shown is not the niece of R&B singer Sparkle.

Niece of singer Sparkle also denies being the victim in the video.

Four key witnesses have identified her as the victim in the sex tape including her best friend at the time and Sparkle.

The loud bickering began when Genson asked if someone could have doctored the illicit video to make it appear as if Kelly were paying a young girl to perform various sex acts. Edwards, who wore cosmetic glitter under her left eye to provide her trademark “sparkle,” gave a snide smile.

“I know my family,” she said. “I know them. Trust me.”

“And so you know and believe your [relative] took money from Robert Kelly and then had sex with him, which is on that tape?” Genson asked. “That’s what you know?”

“Just like he made her do,” Edwards said, struggling to maintain her composure. “You see she’s a robot on that tape.”

Genson then tried to make Edwards acknowledge she didn’t know who made the tape.

“Robert made the tape,” she answered, her voice growing louder. “You can clearly see him setting it up, passing my [relative] some money, like she is a prostitute.”

Genson suggested Edwards hoped to profit from the tape because she spoke with a lawyer about it before talking to the police.

“Sweetie, I am not trying to get money from anybody,” Edwards said.

“I’m not your sweetie,” Genson snapped.

Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan halted the testimony and ordered the two to calm down. Stunned jurors stole sideways glances with each other as a few tried to stifle laughter.

Kelly, who rarely looked at Edwards during her testimony, stared straight ahead with no expression on his face. (More Info)

I just want to see the reaction to the verdict at the end of this case because it's going to be historical AND hysterical!

**I'm wrong for putting up that pic of R. Kelly in that purple suit with this story LOL... Do yall see that belt he got on??**

Watching R. Kelly pee on an underage girl in court??? Priceless.

"You guys are confusing the issue. While you guys are busy worrying about if R. Kelly even peed on this girl or not, you're not asking yourself the real question... That America needs to decide once and for all. And that question is, how old is 15 really??" (Dave Chapelle - For What It's Worth)

The sex tape at the center of the trial — which allegedly depicts Kelly having sex with an underage girl — was played in court on Tuesday. According to the Tribune, Kelly watched intently, at times resting his chin in his palm, and he apparently shook his head as he leaned in to talk to his attorney; jurors either took notes or fidgeted.

After the tape was played, the trial nearly ended just hours after it began: Former Chicago police investigator Dan Everett, who testified that he first obtained the tape in February 2002 from a Chicago Sun-Times reporter, used the word "investigation" — Judge Vincent Gaughan had previously issued an order forbidding the use of the word. Gaughan immediately stopped the testimony and asked the jury to leave. The judge reprimanded Everett and the prosecution: "If they do it again, I certainly am going to grant a mistrial," he said.

Everett then corrected his wording to say "interview," and the jury was let back in.

On Tuesday morning, the media was admonished by the judge, who said that anyone who recreates images from the sex tape could be charged with reproducing child pornography. This could cause legal difficulty for any members of the media who have played the tape in an effort to verify the identities of the people in it. (IHH)

R. Kelly's child pornography trial has been delayed, again, and hasn't been rescheduled.