R. Kelly Trial: Defense Expert Says Mole In Sex Tape Is Not There
Published: Saturday - June 7, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury
R. Kelly (Photo: Jive Records)
Despite video analysts -- for the prosecution -- testifying last week that a half a second of video tape footage in the alleged sex tape showed clearly that a mole is seen on the man matched the exact same mole the singer has on his back.
However, on Thursday (June 5), a forensic expert called by the defense at R. Kelly's child pornography trial said the fingernail-sized mark seen on the lower back of the man in the sex tape at the center of the case was not a mole, but video distortion.
Video analysis expert, Charles Palm, said during his testimony that the black mark in question appears -- and disappears -- because the video has been duplicated so many times.
Palm also discredited more of what prosecution witness' testimony that digitally altering the nearly half-hour video would be almost impossible, and take years to do.
Palm testified that a video like the alleged sex tape could be created in just months. To prove his point, he showed jurors footage of the sex tape that he manipulated. In it, images of the male and female fade in and out against the tape's distinctive log-cabin background.
"I created most of that over a couple of spare hours," he said.
Under cross-examination Palm, however, admit that the tape shown in court did not appear to be manipulated, but said the picture was too degraded for him to be sure.
Also during Thursday's trial, the defense continued to cast doubt in testimony of prosecution witnesses who said they recognized the alleged victim on the tape.
Several defense investigators told jurors at least one acquaintance who identified the alleged victim for the prosecution had told them earlier that she wasn't sure the alleged victim was on the recording.
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