Robert Sylvester Kelly, 35, grew up poor on the Southside but never strayed far. But, no matter the verdict, Chicago is already struggling with the fall from grace of one of its favored sons. If Kelly is found guilty, his name will be lumped with Jerry Lee Lewis, Gary Glitter, Roman Polanski and other celebrities who have seduced minors. Kelly hung up the phone and returned to the refuge of a friend’s home here. He denied the charges in an arraignment June 6 and is free after posting $750,000 bond. The charges stem from a home video that allegedly shows him in sexual liaisons with several partners, including a lurid encounter three years ago with a 14-year-old girl. “Terrible, that’s how I’m doing, just terrible,” rasped the singer, who faces 21 felony counts of child pornography, charges that carry a potential penalty of 15 years in prison. He said he was sitting in front of a television watching Mike Tyson’s boxing career descend to a bloody, pitiful low, but it was a feeble distraction from his own battles against prosecutors and public opinion. Kelly the most popular R&B singer of his generation. The voice on the other end of the phone was tiny and wounded, nothing like the supple tenor that made R.
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