That's from 23-year-old Keyonia Jones, one of the superfans profiled in an interesting piece from MTV News who attended the R. Kelly trial every day — who watched him make his entrance, who watched him go to lunch, who ran outside the building at the end of each day to watch him leave the courthouse. They left their children with sitters, they took time off work. All to stand by their man.

And that's how Miley Cyrus found her way into it ...

Pop critic Jim DeRogatis (who broke the story of the tape at the center of the case) and columnist Mary Mitchell have their say in today's Sun-Times.

And Bill Wyman, who has been closely following the case at his blog, Hitsville, says he always insisted you can’t go wrong betting that the rich guy gets off.

But Slate's Josh Levin thinks "it's possible that the jury would've acquitted if the defense had said absolutely nothing."

That girl on the go thinks the main difference between R. Kelly's trial and O.J. Simpson's was that the victim wasn't white.

To an outside observer looking at the case in the context of other celebrity trials, Kelly's acquittal may seem unsurprising. But it's worth noting that in a private last-minute straw poll of the 20 plus reporters in court to cover the case, not one predicted that Kelly would be completely cleared (many did predict a hung jury, however).

Whether you think this says more about the media or the jury probably depends on your own view of the verdict.

In that vein, here's one final, sad footnote: TV reporter Randi Belisomo's personal take on a small moment at the margins of the Kelly trial.

"Five of the twelve jurors met with reporters immediately after handing down the acquittal," TMZ reports. "They said they just couldn't reach a verdict even though they voted on the hour, every hour because the alleged victim hadn't testified and refused to cooperate. As recently as this morning, we're told, the vote was split nine to three for a not guilty verdict."

Lisa Van Allen, the star prosecution witness in the R. Kelly trial, says she's surprised by today's verdict.

"I am surprised that they made the decision this quickly," Van Allen tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "My job was to tell the truth and that is what I did. I will never regret that."

The jury has declared R. Kelly is not guilty on all counts levied against him in his child-pornography trial.

On this blog, we've seen numerous comments from readers on both sides of the issues — vigorous defenses of Kelly, vehement attacks on him, too. How will the verdict affect your outlook on Kelly, the man, his music, and the charges brought against him?

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There's also a hilarious, possibly ironic quotation by a source explaining the poor reception of Kelly's latest single, "Hair Braider." It didn't fall flat because of the child porn charges, says this radio exec, it's because "hair braiding isn't relevant anymore. If he wants to strive for the young (18-to-24 audience), he has to understand their tastes and lifestyle."

It isn't yet clear why the juror, a black male in his 30s or 40s who is a student at a culinary school, wants out, or whether the judge will agree to his request.

The juror sent the judge a note which read, "How can I be removed and go home? I really need to."

Gaughan has now allowed the jury to stop for lunch. He'll resolve the issue when everyone returns in an hour or so.

The jury has also asked for a second TV and VCR so that they can compare two tapes at the same time. They already have one VCR, a copy of the notorious sex tape at the center of the case and a tape which shows pop videos in which the alleged victim appears.

Judge Gaughan will also rule on this request after lunch. He told Kelly's attorneys that he wants Kelly, who missed this latest courtroom exchange, to remain in the building from now on.

Deputies who have been keeping round-the-clock tabs on the jury since it was sequestered last night told Gaughan the juror had become enraged that he had to wait to be served a beer.

The juror, a white man in his 30s or 40s, told the waiter, "I've been waiting for f****** half an hour — how long do I have to wait? All I want is a couple of beers and a hamburger."

With R. Kelly's fate in the hands of 12 jurors tonight, there's no shortage of pundits willing to guess the verdict.

MTV News decided there was nobody likelier to accurately predict the odds of a conviction than a bunch of bookies.

Bill Wyman at Hitsville, Scott Smith at Time Out Chicago and this guy who swears a lot are all unimpressed with Sam Adam Jr.'s closing argument.

Regardless, most people outside the courtroom have already made their minds up about the case, according to Steve Jones's USA Today story.

And as of 10 p.m. Thursday night, 67% of respondents to a Blender magazine click-poll think Kelly is "completely screwed."

If Kelly is convicted, this Canadian who sells duck hunting decoys on eBay may want to change his name.

Jurors deliberated for more than three hours Thursday afternoon without reaching a verdict. At 5: 50 p.m., Gaughan called them back into his courtroom.

"We're going to make some accomodation for you," the judge told them. He ordered sheriff's deputies to bring the jurors back to the courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Friday to resume deliberations.

The jury of eight whites and four blacks — nine men and three women — asked for transcripts of the entire trial. Failing that, they wanted a transcript of the direct and cross-examinations of Lisa Van Allen. Judge Vincent Gaughan told them no and to resume deliberating.

Van Allen testified June 2 that she had engaged in threesomes with R. Kelly and the girl who allegedly appears in the sex videotape at issue in this case. She said one of the trysts was videotaped by Kelly, and that Kelly's business manager later paid her $20,000 for the tape's return.

"The one thing they can't get out from under is that videotape," Boliker said. "They can't, because you're not going to let them do that."

Adam argued passionately for about an hour, quoting sources from Corinthians to Ralph Cramden, sweat dripping from his face. Boliker was more measured. But one by one, she took aim at questions Adam had raised about the prosecution's case.

First, she urged jurors not to forget the 14 witnesses who identified the girl on the tape — and said none of them had testified for "pleasure."

"Maybe they haven't seen her in six or seven years, but they identified her in that period of time," Boliker said.