A young woman who says she was raped once is among the jurors who will sit on R. Kelly's child pornography trial. Jury selection at the case in Chicago is now complete, with all 16 members of the panel in place -- 12 jurors and four alternates. And now that the jury has been chosen an argument has broken out between the two sides over the racial makeup of the panel. One of R. Kelly's attorneys says the prosecution has been using its challenges to exclude blacks while prosecutors told the judge the defense used all six of their preemptory strikes against whites who were potential members of the jury. The R&B superstar is accused of videotaping himself having sex with a girl as young as 13 years old. Opening arguments are set for next week.
Jermaine Jackson wrote a country music ballad and performed it wearing jeans that had his first name embroidered across the groin. He's competing on the second season of "Gone Country," and the episodes are being filmed now in Nashville, Tennessee. People.com says Jackson's song was called "Loving You Is the Natural Thing to Do." It was inspired by his fourth wife. The series begins in August.
Charles Barkley is promising to pay a $400,000 gambling debt that he owes to a Las Vegas Strip casino. When he found out that prosecutors planned to file criminal charges, he said, "My mistake. I'm not broke, and I'm going to take care of it." The casino filed a civil complaint Wednesday, saying "despite repeated demands, Barkley has refused to repay the $400,000." But Barkley insists no one called him before filing the complaint. He says "all they had to do is call and say, 'Hey, you owe us this money."' But even still, he's taking responsibility and says it's his fault for letting the time lapse. Barkley says the debt stems from a wager on the NFL's 2008 Super Bowl championship game.
