R. Kelly Trial Adjourned As Phone Witness Comes Forward

Troubled R+B star R. KELLY's child pornography trial has taken a strange twist thanks to a phone call.

One of the singer's lawyers prompted Judge Vincent Gaughan to adjourn the case on Wednesday (28May08) after coming forward with a new witness he claimed could potentially impeach someone else's testimony.

The attorney, Sam Adam, told Judge Gaughan that the new witness was flying to Chicago, Illinois and the defence team needed time to depose the man, who had phoned in vital information.

Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of child pornography for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He maintaiins the man on the tape is not him, and the alleged victim, now 23, has denied she is the girl in the footage.

Previous to the decision to adjourn the trial, the court heard from a high school basketball coach, who once trained the alleged girl on the sex tape.

The coach, Jacques Conway, identified his former player by the distinctive cross worn by the female participant on the graphic video.