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Five key moments from the R. Kelly sex abuse trial

R. Kelly sits with his lawyers Deveraux Cannick, Calvin Scholar and Thomas Farinella as the jury deliberate in Kelly's sex abuse trial. [REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg]

R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial. Prosecutors described a decades-long scheme in which the R&B singer used his fame to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.

Here are five key moments from the trial:

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