R. Kelly Is Apparently Planning A Fall Tour â?? Despite Child-Pornography Trial
Keyshia Cole tells MTV News that she's hitting the road with Kelly in October, although his trial begins on September 17.
With his child-pornography trial set to start in a month, is R. Kelly already planning to go on tour shortly afterward? R&B singer Keyshia Cole let the news slip during an interview with MTV News on Monday, when she revealed, "We're actually going on tour together in October."
Neither Cole nor Kelly's camps have confirmed when exactly in October such a tour would begin, but the timing is unusual for a number of reasons.
Kelly's trial starts September 17 (see "R. Kelly Child-Pornography Case Finally Going To Trial"), and while it's expected to run for four weeks, it could run even longer because of the unpredictable length of jury deliberations. Michael Jackson's jury, for instance, deliberated over the course of seven days, while O.J. Simpson's jury rendered a verdict in less than four hours. So at best, Kelly would be tied up in court for most of the month, leaving little time for rehearsal, even if the tour weren't going to start until late in October.
Then there's the issue of whether Kelly would be a free man.
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