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            <div align="left"><font size="2" face="arial" color="#FFFFFF">Wednesday, 
              April 17, 2002<b><br>
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              Kelly legal team rejoices as Supreme Court lifts ban on &quot;virtual&quot; 
              child pornography</font> 
              <p>While still under investigation for alleged statutory rape, the 
                R Kelly defense team today breathed a sigh of relief after the 
                Supreme Court handed down its ruling on &quot;virtual&quot; child 
                pornography. The musician is allegedly seen on videotape feeling 
                more than just the booty of a teenage girl. Sources close to R 
                Kelly have told the WP that he is extremely happy with the Supreme 
                Court verdict and believes that it will set precedence in his 
                case because the girl only <i>looks</i> 13, but is really &quot;much, 
                much older.&quot;</p>
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              <p>Up until today, there has been a complete denial from the Kelly 
                camp, but that may soonchange. Kelly's lawyers have told the WP 
                that they have decided to change it's initial defense and now 
                say that the video is real, but it only depicts Kelly having sex 
                with a girl who <i>looks</i> 13. </p>
              <p>&quot;The girl in the video is at least 18, not underage as you 
                have seen on the news. Although this makes Kelly a 'virtual' pedophile, 
                he cannot be prosecuted for his 'virtual' taste in blossoming 
                lolitas,&quot; said Kelly's spokesman. &quot;We believe that his 
                engaging in sex with 'virtual' prepubescent teens is protected 
                by his first amendment rights.&quot;</p>
              <p>This is not the first time R Kelly has been hit with this type 
                of scandal. In 2001, he was hit with a lawsuit alleging sex with 
                a minor and was rumored to have married the now deceased singer 
                Aaliyah when she was just 15. Also in 1998, Kelly settled a lawsuit 
                out of court for $250,000 in another underage case and there are 
                rumored to be many more on the horizon.</p>
              <p>&quot;Is it a coincidence that most of the allegations happened 
                right before Mr. Kelly was set to sing at the Olympics? Someone 
                is obviously trying to destroy his career. Although he may be 
                a 'virtual' Chester Molester and may have 'virtually' no talent, 
                he, too, is a human being,&quot; his spokesman added.</p>
              <p>Sources have also told the WP that R Kelly has decided to take 
                2 songs off his next album. &quot;If it bleeds it, it needs it&quot; 
                and &quot;If there's grass on the field, play ball&quot;, although 
                not known to be anything more than the usual street party jams, 
                have been removed from the release for unrelated reasons.</p>
              <p>In other news, the Pope has issued a statement condemning the 
                actions of certain priests, but said we could probably write some 
                of those off because they were &quot;virtual&quot; alterboys in 
                most cases while. He then mumbled something about &quot;Pat Morita 
                and the f@$#ing liberal media&quot; and proceeded to fall asleep.<br>
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