The child pornography trial of R. Kelly officially began today (May 9) at 12 p.m. CST, with members of the media and a small crowd outside the Cook County Criminal Courts in Chicago, the Associated Press reports.

Kelly, 41, pleaded not guilty to charges that he videotaped himself having sex with a girl as young as 13. Prosecutors claim the footage was made sometime between January 1, 1998, and November 1, 2000, and that the girl was born in September 1984. Kelly was indicted on pornography charges June 5, 2002, after the tape surfaced.

After introducing Kelly to the jurors on Friday, Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan read the 14-count indictment against him. The initial session with potential jurors in Gaughan’s stately, colonnade courtroom lasted nearly 30 minutes, and reporters were not allowed in.

Defense lawyer Marc Martin said the jury was “irrevocably poisoned” by a front-page story in Friday’s Chicago Sun-Times that cited unnamed sources talking about a potential witness. “Somebody out there is trying to sabotage Mr. Kelly’s right to a fair trial,” Martin said, quoted by the A.P.

Several trial proceedings have been kept secret by the judge, and it is still unknown whether prosecutors have sought permission in order to tell jurors about accusations that Kelly allegedly had sexual relations with other minors.

Reporters complained Friday about being keep out of the courtroom as the judge read the indictment to jurors.