The seemingly endless claims about R. Kelly and his sexual abuse of underage girls are again getting press before his case goes to court this Friday. It seems that a new witness is coming forward, claiming that she had sex with R. Kelly and another girl, who was underage at the time.
In case you haven’t been following it, R. Kelly was initially charged with multiple cases of child pornography in June 2002, following an anonymous donation of a sex tape to the Chicago Sun-Times featuring Kelly and underage girls. The tape was authenticated by the FBI and now the trial should begin May 9 after an incredible series of delays. The woman making the claims says she was once involved in a threesome with R. Kelly and the girl in this tape. In her testimony she will identify the girl, and claim that she was underage at the time.
The Sun-Times has been following the case closely, and here are their full reports.
Prosecutors claim that they have identified the girl in the incriminating tape, while the defense says that it’s not her. The tape mustn’t be of very high quality given all the doubt.
R. Kelly was also rumored to have married his protégé Aaliyah when she was just 15 and he was 27, after she lied about her age to get married. The marriage was said to have been annulled afterwards, with neither artist ever admitting it happened. (Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas at the age of 22.) Kelly married dancer Andrea Lee in 1996 and they had three children together. They are said to be in the process of divorcing.
If convicted R. Kelly faces up to 15 years in jail.
R. Kelly is shown at the premiere of his crazy music soap opera “Trapped in The Closet: Chapters 13-22” on 8/15/07, thanks to WENN.
Ok, someone help me figure this out cause I’m confused. Juan over at Highbrid Nation told me that this new witness has popped up and is saying that she knows that the girl was underage because she joined Kelly and the underage girl in a threesome. So that makes her guilty and Kelly right? Or was she underage also? Which would make Kelly guity in another underage case. Kelly is off the chain.
oh shizz… why would he get 15 years of jail… he didn’t rape anyone. The young girl agreed for having sex… I know it’s not a right way to act but… in canada some child rapist gets something like 36 months of jail, and now you’re saying that because R.Kelly had sex with a young adolescent (who probably intents to seduce him because he’s a wll-known rapper)and that man would get 15 years!!! it’s crazy…
And why it didn’t happen with Alliah, everybody knew they were hanging out, and nobody cares!
Dee, statutory rape is still considered rape in the country.
15 year olds can’t legally agree to sex in this country Dee AND HE’S A GROWN MAN (allegedly) he should know better.
Dee- Child rapist would get more then 36 months, however a man who has sex with a 15 year old would most likely get about 36 months as the girl in question would be old enough to consent (age of consent is 14 here in NB not sure about else where)
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