Minister who officiated R Kelly and Aaliyah’s wedding testifies at trial

NEW YORK -- R. Kelly told a judge on Wednesday that he won't take the witness stand at his sex trafficking trial, meaning he'll avoid the risk of a potentially brutal cross-examination.“You don't want to testify, correct?” U.S.

NEW YORK -- R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial, a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday.The remark by attorney Deveraux Cannick, made with the jury out the courtroom, came as the defense wound down its case at the trial in federal court in New York City.The potential spectacle of Kelly testifying has always been a long shot.

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The prosecution rested its case in the R Kelly trial in New York yesterday, with the defence then calling its first two witnesses, two men who had both worked with the musician over a number of years. Both claimed that they’d never seen any of the sexual or physical abuse previously described during the court case.One of those witnesses was an aspiring rapper and R Kelly fan called Dhanai ‘Da-Ni’ Ramanan, who first met the musician in the mid-2000s.

Machine Gun Kelly and Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has developed further, with MGK saying the beef goes back to a “fucking terrible” guest verse Taylor recorded for him, which he subsequently didn’t use – a narrative that Taylor disputes.MGK sparked an uproar over the weekend when he hit out at the veteran band at Chicago’s Riot Fest, saying onstage: “You wanna know what I’m really happy that I’m not doing? Being 50 years old wearing a fucking weird mask on a fucking stage, talking shit.”His onstage

NEW YORK -- Prosecutors at the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial ended their case Monday after calling dozens of witnesses over the past month who detailed the government’s sweeping allegations against the singer in lurid detail.Several women and two men who were in Kelly's celebrity orbit testified about how he grooming them for unwanted sex and psychological tormented them — mostly when they were teenagers — in episodes dating to the 1990s.

Kelly Clarkson is getting in the festive spirit early this year after announcing her new single.

Lorraine Kelly took aim at Prince Andrew on her show today ahead of his US civil case. The Scots presenter said that the Duke of York needs to ‘get real’ as he remains tight-lipped ahead of his case.

Megan Fox and Kourtney Kardashian took the stage at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night to introduce their «future baby daddies,» Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker.The «Bloody Valentine» singer belted out his new single, «Papercuts,» from his upcoming LP, , while Barker did his thing on the drums — but not before Fox and Kardashian got a chance to rave about their respective beaus. Fox gushed about MGK in her introduction, while Kardashian called Barker «super hot.» «New York, I need

Megan Fox and Kourtney Kardashian took the stage at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night to introduce their «future baby daddies,» Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker.The «Bloody Valentine» singer belted out his new single, «Papercuts,» from his upcoming LP, , while Barker did his thing on the drums — but not before Fox and Kardashian got a chance to rave about their respective beaus. Fox gushed about MGK in her introduction, while Kardashian called Barker «super hot.» «New York, I need

Kelly Clarkson is getting candid about her career.

Kelly Clarkson is reflecting on her crazy 2020.

The R Kelly trial in New York heard testimony on Friday from a woman who revealed that she had previously reached a $200,000 settlement with the musician’s legal team after contracting herpes while in a sexual relationship with the star.The witness, referred to as Kate, is one of a number of women to confirm that they contracted herpes while in a sexual relationship with Kelly.

Trevor Noah and Minka Kelly certainly appeared to be definitively on again as they stepped out in New York together this Labor Day weekend. The comedian and political commentator, 37, took a stroll with the actress, 41, and her dog Fred in the city following reports that they rekindled their romance in June.

NEW YORK -- R. Kelly paid $200,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of giving her herpes two decades ago without disclosing he had it, the woman testified on Friday at the R&B singer's sex-trafficking trial.The woman — testifying during the trial's third week without using her full real name — told a New York City jury she was 27 when she met Kelly through a mutual friend in 2001.

NEW YORK -- A woman reluctantly took the witness stand against R. Kelly on Thursday to recount how he struck up a relationship with her in 2006 when she was 15, but dodged a prosecutor’s questions about when they first had sex.“I don’t recall how old I was,” the woman, now 31, testified at Kelly's New York City sex-trafficking trial.When pressed further on the timing, she demurred, saying, “It’s hard.

NEW YORK -- After several days of testimony from women claiming they were groomed and sexually abused by R.

On the fence! Celebrity parents have documented the ups and downs of becoming empty nesters over the years, from Kelly Ripa to Candace Cameron Bure.