Kelly trial adjourns early

R. Kelly's child pornography trial abruptly adjourned Wednesday after an attorney for the R&B singer said he received a call from a mystery man who claimed to have information that could help the defense.

Judge Vincent Gaughan said attorneys needed time to depose the man, who could impeach someone else's testimony, but he didn't elaborate.

Kelly attorney Sam Adam Sr. said the man was flying to Chicago Wednesday night from another state. "We never knew about this witness until approximately 9 o'clock this morning, when the witness called us," Adam told the judge.

If need be, Adam said defense attorneys would interview the man into the early morning hours Thursday. The unexpected delay came after two witnesses testified earlier on Wednesday that they could identify a female who appears on a sex tape at the center of case, bolstering prosecution arguments that she was under age at the time.

But after recessing for a planned hour-long lunch, Gaughan called attorneys back into the courtroom 15 minutes later, briefly discussing the matter without jurors present, then adjourning. In previous days, testimony usually ran into the early evening.