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Jerhonda Pace was age 16 when she first met R. Kelly in 2009 at a party and he took her virginity, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendezsaid during her opening statements in the racketeeringtrialagainstR. Kelly held in U.S. District Court in Brooklynon Wednesday. Pace, the first prosecution witness, also took …

The Bill Cosby re-trial began on Monday in a courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, 10 months after his first trial ended in a hung jury. Opening day proved dramatic, with a topless protester, accusations of bias among jurors and revealing statements from both the prosecution and defense. The climate toward sexual …