A woman who is integral to Robert Sylvester Kelly, aka R. Kelly’s second federal trial has testified that on several instances had abused her before she turned 18, The Cable reports.
R. Kelly got a 30-year sentence on June 29, 2022, after he was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York.
This singer is to face another trial in Chicago on 13 charges including child porn, obstruction of justice, and enticing minors into sexual activity.
Opening statements kicked off in R. Kelly’s Chicago federal court trial on August 17.
According to reports, a witness who is now 37 and used the pseudonym “Jane” has testified that R. Kelly had sex with her “hundreds” of times before she turned 18.
In court on Thursday, 18 August, she said the improper contact with Kelly began when she was 13, the lowest age of consent in the United States is 16 years.
Kelly’s lawyers had insisted the embattled singer is not “a monster” and deserves a fair trial.
Prosecutors alleged that Kelly made at least four videos with Jane, parts of which will be shown to the jurors.
Jane testified that Kelly had sex with her “uncountable times” starting when she was 15, the jurors were shown photographs of her in high school to illustrate how young she appeared at the time.
In a two-hour testimony, Jane described a number of sexual encounters that Kelly allegedly recorded.
In one video, Kelly appeared to hand her money and asked why, Jane said Kelly believed that if it was released for some reason, he would claim she was a prostitute.
Two of Kelly’s former employees are also facing charges in this trial.
Derrel McDavid, his former business manager, is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial, Milton Brown is charged with receiving child pornography.
Both men have pleaded not guilty.
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