News R. Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial opens in NY federal court: ‘This case is about a predator’ August 18, 2021Maria Puente and Elise Brisco, USA TODAYComments Off on R. Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial opens in NY federal court: ‘This case is about a predator’ The first trial of R&B star R. Kelly on sex-trafficking charges opened in a New York federal courtroom as prosecutors set out their case against him.