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Jun 4, 2008 12:25 pm US/Central

Kelly Trial: Reporter Refuses To Answer Questions

CHICAGO (AP) ― A Chicago Sun-Times reporter isn't going to answer questions at the R. Kelly child pornography trial.

After he was sworn in this morning, Jim DeRogatis cited an Illinois law that governs reporters' rights and the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in refusing to answer questions.

DeRogatis read the statement more than a dozen times in response to questions, including whether he once made a copy of the sex tape at the center of the trial.

Defense attorneys have said that copying the tape would have been a crime.

After DeRogatis' 10 minutes on the stand, Judge Vincent Gaughan said reporters' privileges don't apply. But the judge ruled that DeRogatis doesn't have to testify based on his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

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