October 2022

Journalist Jim DeRogatis Avoids Having to Testify in R. Kelly Criminal Trial

By Damon E. Dunn and Seth A. Stern

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter October 2022

The federal judge presiding over the recent criminal trial of singer R. Kelly in Chicago quashed a defense subpoena for the testimony of Jim DeRogatis, the journalist and author who first exposed R. Kelly’s abuse of young women.

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