R. Kelly's former business manager Derrel McDavid, from left, and attorneys Beau Brindley and Vadim Glozman stand before the media at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached, Sept. 14, 2022, in Kelly's trial.
The long-shot motion filed Tuesday by attorney Beau Brindley alleged the evidence against McDavid was “irreconcilably conflicted and incoherent,” and that he deserves payment after successfully defending himself against a “capricious and overzealous prosecution.”McDavid incurred $850,000 in legal fees, most of which has not been paid, and he has been left to try to liquidate real estate and other assets in an attempt to make up the difference, Brindley stated in the 18-page filing.
The verdict was split, however, as the jury convicted Kelly on child pornography charges for making three videotapes of himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter beginning in the late 1990s, as well as sexual misconduct with two other minors around the same time period. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 23.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.
“These witnesses provided the essence of the case against Mr. McDavid,” Brindley wrote. “And the government knew their combined testimony was necessarily incoherent. This is, by definition, a reckless disregard for the truth, which constitutes a frivolous and vexatious position by the government.”