… or his lawyer?

From yesterday’s AP precede story on R. Kelly’s child-porn trial, set to begin Friday:

The 41-year-old Kelly, whose first name is Robert, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. But Kelly — one of urban music’s biggest stars, and a consistent hitmaker despite his legal woes — is glad the wait is over, his spokesman said.

“Every waking moment, he’s always had this hanging over his head,” spokesman Allan Mayer said. “He’s confident that when all the evidence comes out he’ll be shown not to be guilty of any crime.”

Kelly, of course, has done everything to delay the trial he could over the last six years. And, indeed, even as the AP story was hitting the wires, his lawyer was trying to gum up the works again. The AP sent out this story a few hours ago:

CHICAGO - Defense attorneys for R. Kelly have asked a judge to postpone the R&B singer’s trial on child pornography charges.

That motion is being kept secret, so it’s unclear why the request was made. But it comes as publicity surrounding the case heats up and some media speculate about who might testify.

A few weeks back the judge, Vincent Gaughn, noted that he had held some 113 sessions in the case to that point.