Judge denies delay in R. Kelly trial

The judge in Grammy-winning artist R. Kelly's child pornography case rules that jury selection can begin.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Gaughan on Friday denied a defense motion to again delay the trial in which the R&B superstar is accused of having sex with a girl as young as 13 on videotape.

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The trial already has been delayed for six years.

Defense attorney Marc Martin told the court that the jury pool was been "irrevocably poisoned" by an article in Friday's Chicago Sun-Times citing unnamed sources talking about a potential witness.

But prosecutors contended it was premature to say the article affected potential jurors and that if any were tainted, they could be weeded out during the selection process.