R. Kelly’s Lawyer Blames Jussie Smollett For Why The Courts Will Be Harder On The Singer
Steven Greenberg needs to stop talking.

Posted April 1, 2019
R. Kelly seriously need a new lawyer. Steven Greenberg is known for a series of bizarre sound bites and his latest is just as strange. His is blaming Jussie Smollett for while his singer will get no mercy from the courts.
SEE ALSO: Timeline Of R. Kelly’s History Of Sexual Assault Allegations
According to TMZ, because the 16 felony counts were dropped against Jussie Smollett, Greenberg says, “I think it makes it more difficult for a friendly disposition because they’re going to be extremely reluctant to admit they brought these cases with scant evidence or that there are any other problems.”
Kelly is facing 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse — a class 2 felony — involving four alleged victims. As Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx explained, Smollett’s alleged crime was a “Class 4 felony, the least serious category, which also covers things like falsely pulling a fire alarm in school.”
This is obviously no comparison to Kelly. R. Kelly is facing 70 years in prison.
His lawyer, Steven Greenberg, previously said, “I think all the women are lying. Mr. Kelly is strong, he’s got a lot of support and he’s going to be vindicated on all these charges — one by one if it has to be.”
The latest sex crime charges he is facing stem from attorney Michael Avenatti, who has his own legal turmoil, giving purported child porn videos that featured the singer. Avenatti said he was hired last April in connection to multiple allegations of Kelly sexually assaulting minors. He claimed to have videotaped evidence, which, despite their similarities, were apparently not the same video footage that got Kelly indicted in 2002 — and acquitted in 2008 — for child porn. Lanita Carter is also represented by Avenatti.
Interest in seeing Kelly charged for his alleged crimes came at the beginning of the year when the bombshell docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” aired with several women accusing him of sexually abusing them when they were underage.
One major legal problem that Kelly faces is that Illinois has no statute of limitations on sex crimes against minors. In 2017, Illinois enacted legislation that ended a requirement for child sex abuse victims to file a report within 20 years of turning 18 years old.
SEE ALSO:
Erykah Badu Demands An Apology From ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Producer Dream Hampton
Outrageous! Figurines Of White Cherub Crushing Head Of Black Angel Removed From Dollar Store
Meet Jogger Joe, The Man Who Took Racist Cue From BBQ Becky In Tossing Homeless Man’s Clothes

Bill Cosby Gets Sentenced For His Sexual Assault Conviction
Bill Cosby Gets Sentenced For His Sexual Assault Conviction
1. Cosby's mug shot
Source: 1 of 762. Cosby leaves courtroom in handcuffs
Source: 2 of 763. Cosby is remanded to prison immediately

4. Cosby is remanded to prison immediately

5. Cosby is remanded to prison immediately

6.
Source: 6 of 767.
Source: 7 of 768.
Source: 8 of 769.
Source: 9 of 7610. Sentencing expected

11. Accuser Janice Dickinson

12. Cosby arrives for Day 2

13.
Source: 13 of 7614. Cosby in court for Day 2 of sentencing hearing

15. Cosby in court for Day 2 of sentencing hearing

16. Cosby arrives for Day 2

17. Cosby arrives for Day 2

18. Cosby arrives for Day 2

19. Cosby arrives for Day 2

20. Cosby arrives for Day 2

21. Cosby arrives for Day 2

22. Day 2: Cosby accuser arrives

23. Day 2 begins

24. Day 2 begins

25. Cosby accusers at the courthouse

26. Cosby accusers at the courthouse

27. Bill Cosby's personal attorney leaves

28. Bill Cosby leaves after the first day of sentencing hearing

29.
Source: 29 of 7630. Heavy police presence

31. Cosby fans on-site

32. Cosby accusers

33. Cosby accusers

34. Activists at the courthouse

35. Cosby spokespersons

36. Heavy media presence

37. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

38. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

39. Cosby accusers

40. Gloria Allred

41. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

42. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

43. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

44. Bill Cosby leaves after the first day of sentencing hearing

45. Bill Cosby leaves after the first day of sentencing hearing

46. Bill Cosby leaves after the first day of sentencing hearing

47. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

48. Andrea Constand

49. Former model Janice Dickinson

50. Judge Steven T. O'Neill

51. Bill Cosby's publicist Andrew Wyatt

52. Chelan Lasha arrives

53. Andrea Constand arrives

54. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele

55. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

56.
Source: 56 of 7657. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

58. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

59. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

60. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

61. Cosby back in court

62. Bill Cosby arrives for sentencing

63.
Source: 63 of 7664. Judge Steven T. O'Neill enters the courtroom

65.
Source: 65 of 7666. Activists demonstrate

67. Police presence

68. Andrea Constand arrives

69. Bill Cosby

70. Janice Dickinson arrives

71. Gloria Allred speaks

72. Bill Cosby

73. Protests ensue

74. Defense lawyer arrives

75. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

76. Sentencing Begins In Bill Cosby Trial

Bill Cosby Gets Sentenced For His Sexual Assault Conviction
UPDATED: 5:48 p.m. EDT, Sept. 25 -- Bill Cosby's mug shot was taken and released to the public Tuesday afternoon. https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/1044694465267609600 UPDATED: 2:23 p.m. EDT, Sept. 25 -- Bill Cosby was sentenced on Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044650412689764352 UPDATED: 1:08 p.m. EDT, Sept. 25 -- Judge Steven T. O’Neill has reportedly decided that Bill Cosby must be labeled a sexually violent predator regardless of the sentencing, which was expected to be announced at bout 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044621674849730562 UPDATED: 10:54 a.m. EDT, Sept. 25 -- The woman at the center of Bill Cosby's conviction for sexual assault addressed the court Tuesday morning to deliver her victim impact statement, according to Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia. "Bill Cosby took my beautiful, healthy, young spirit & crushed it," Andrea Constand reportedly said. "He robbed me of my health & vitality, my open nature, and my trust in myself & others." https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044598871274516480 https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044600711936380929 Meanwhile, Cosby's lawyers were reportedly hoping that the disgraced comedian's blindness and other health concerns would factor into a lenient prison sentence. Cosby was facing as many as 10 years in prison. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044599635438960641 There was also the concern over how Cosby would be classified following his conviction. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044601372698705921 [caption id="attachment_3828249" align="alignnone" width="836"] Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty[/caption] UPDATED: 8:36 a.m. EDT, Sept. 25 -- Bill Cosby has arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse Tuesday, when he was expected to be sentenced to prison for his sexual assault conviction months earlier. The disgraced comedian who was found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 emerged from his luxury SUV smiling and pointed to onlookers at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania. https://twitter.com/LaurenDawnFox29/status/1044565289868963840 The prosecutor in the case has pushed for Cosby to serve 10 years in prison, but the judge has hinted that the sentence may be closer to three years. Accusers had an opportunity to speak directly to Cosby and the court during the first installment of the two-day sentencing hearing. Speakers included Andrea Constand, the woman whose claims of sexual assault prompted the trial, and former supermodel Janice Dickinson. Read on to see pictures and videos from Day 1 of Cosby's sentencing hearing. [caption id="attachment_3828125" align="alignnone" width="840"] Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty[/caption] UPDATED: 4:35 p.m. EDT -- Bill Cosby was reportedly expected to be sentenced to no more than three years, the judge presiding over his sexual assault trial and sentencing hearing said Monday. That stood in contrast to the prosecutor reportedly seeking as much as a decade behind bars. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044310069838524416 However, it was unclear when Cosby would be sentenced because of a reported request submitted by the defense at the start of the two-day sentencing hearing on Monday. Cosby was being sentenced about five months after being found guilty of sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044249876815663104 The hearing was expected to last two days to afford Constand and Cosby's alleged victims an opportunity to offer their "victim impact statements" to the disgraced comedian. https://twitter.com/RoigFranzia/status/1044202690031620096 According to Deadline, Cosby's "lawyers today made a last-ditch sleight-of-hand that could knock the two-day sentencing hearing off the rails right after it started and keep him from potentially going behind bars this week." Original story: [caption id="attachment_3828002" align="alignnone" width="836"] Source: NurPhoto / Getty[/caption] Bill Cosby was scheduled on Monday to be sentenced for his sexual assault conviction, but not before his confirmed and alleged victims literally have their say. The woman who a jury found was drugged and groped by the disgraced comedian was expected to lead a group of women making their "victim impact statements" to Cosby ahead of his sentencing, which was set to last two days. Cosby arrived at the courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, with his legal team in tow. His main accuser, Andrea Constand, had already arrived, as well as other accusers, including former supermodel Janice Dickinson. A small group of protesters had assembled outside the courthouse in a scene that was similar to the retrial, which ended in April and followed the original trial that ended in a mistrial last year. Regardless of the sentencing – Cosby could either be sentenced to a maximum 30 years and be led out of the courtroom in handcuffs or he could be sentenced to probation – the case is likely bound to continue as defense attorneys were expected to announce an immediate appeal. Cosby’s fall from grace has been especially notable because he built his career on a clean, family-friendly image that was shredded when he was indicted and arrested on Constand’s accusation that had gone all but ignored until Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele won his election and vowed to finish the job his predecessor never started. The comedian's wife filed an ethics complaint with the state judicial board last week claiming Judge Steven O'Neill was biased, but the accusation wasn’t expected to affect the sentencing. Below are some of the scenes from Cosby’s sentencing hearing. The photos and videos will be updated as they become available.
R. Kelly’s Lawyer Blames Jussie Smollett For Why The Courts Will Be Harder On The Singer was originally published on newsone.com