R. Kelly is now a free man in the eyes of the law, as the R&B singer was found not guilty of child pornography charges today (June 11). The singer was facing up to 15 years if convicted for charges related to an infamous videotape which allegedly featured R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl. The trial went to the jury on Thursday evening. Deliberations lasted for over seven hours today, before jurors acquitted Kelly, 41, on charges that he videotaped himself engaged in sexual acts with his 13-year-old niece. The verdict marks the end of the four-week trial. Neither Kelly, nor the alleged victim testified during the trial, but both denied their involvement in the sex tape to a grand jury in 2002. Defense lawyers maintained that Kelly was not the man on the tape and that the girl seen in the video is not the 13-year-old, but a prostitute. Defense attorneys also said that R. Kelly has a large mole on his back and the man in the tape didn’t, proof that the tape was doctored.