R. Kelly Accuser To Testify On Trial Fixing Charge

The defence in the current R Kelly trial in Chicago will start calling witnesses to the stand later today, after the prosecution rest their case on Tuesday. Kelly’s lawyers haven’t confirmed whether or not he will testify, although it seems unlikely.

Kelly Ripa may be enjoying the blue skies and even bluer oceans on her dreamy vacation but the mom-of-three has even more exciting things in store, as her hit show Live with Kelly and Ryan will return on 5 September - and will celebrate her five-year anniversary working with Ryan Seacrest.MORE: Kelly Ripa's time off Live involves spending time with her family at their stunning vacation homeABC shared the news with fans on Tuesday, promising that the 35th season of the iconic daytime talk show will return with "lots of laughs, the hottest A-list celeb interviews, delicious cooking demos and not-to-be missed home and life tips". But more importantly the new season will see the pair celebrating five years together, after Ryan took over from Michael Strahan.WATCH: Kelly's son Joaquín shares glimpse into lavish vacationTheir first week back will see them hosting a 'Favorite Firsts Week' which promises to be "fun-filled retrospective look back on favorite 'first' moments that Kelly and Ryan have shared together over the years".Kelly has been hosting Live since 2001, and has worked with a number of co-stars over the years including the show's original host Regis Philbin, before he retired.MORE: Kelly Ripa soaks up the sun as she prepares to come back to 'reality' following summer vacationWith Ryan they have been nominated three years in a row for Daytime Emmys including Best Entertainment Talk Show and Best Entertainment Talk Show Hosts.Before they return to the New York studio though, Kelly is clearly making the best out of the last stretch of her vacation, sharing pictures with fans on social media that are envy-inducing.

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A former girlfriend of R Kelly yesterday recalled how the musician’s one time business manager once remarked that he should just have had her killed after she took a videotape that featured a threesome involving her, Kelly and a young teenage girl, rather than paying her for the tape’s safe return.Lisa Van Allen was the latest witness to testify in Kelly’s current criminal trial in relation to the many allegations of sexual abuse that have been made against the musicianShe talked about her own relationship with Kelly, echoing a lot of what was said by other ex-girlfriends who testified during his earlier trial in New York last summer, especially regarding how he directed their sexual encounters and sought to exert control over various other aspects of their lives.But the real focus of Van Allen’s testimony was the videos of her having sex with Kelly and Jane, the musician’s god daughter and the star witness of the current trial, who testified last week. Van Allen says that she first met Jane in 1998, and that she had three sexual encounters with her and Kelly over the next three years.Jane would have been around fourteen in 1998, although Van Allen claims Kelly lied at the time and said that the younger girl was sixteen.

Kelly Giddish is saying goodbye to "Law & Order: SVU" after more than a decade. The actress, who plays Detective Amanda Rollins on the NBC series, confirmed that the 24th season will be her last. She made her debut in 2007.

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The mother of the star witness in the latest R Kelly criminal trial has testified that she and her husband “feared for our lives” in the early 2000s when a video tape leaked that seemed to show the musician sexually abusing their daughter. Kelly and his team intimidated the couple, she added, and that’s why they denied to media and law enforcement that it was their daughter on the tape.Kelly was previously charged in relation to that footage of abuse in the mid-2000s, but he was ultimately acquitted in 2008.

A federal prosecutor and the defense attorney for Robert Sylvester Kelly made their opening statements as his second federal trial began in Chicago on Wednesday. Kelly currently faces charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice alongside two additional defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown. “The defendant… had sex with multiple children,” Assistant United States Attorney Jason Julien told the jury today, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

R. Kelly's federal trial continued in a Chicago courtroom on Thursday. A woman who has been central to Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades testified Thursday that the R&B singer sexually abused her "hundreds" of times before she turned 18.

The woman at the center of R. Kelly‘s federal child pornography trial took the stand on Thursday and detailed a horrific set of events in her shocking testimony.

The woman who appeared, aged fourteen, in the video that was at the centre of the 2008 R Kelly sexual abuse trial took to the witness stand in the musician’s latest court case yesterday. She told the courtroom that she had decided to testify this time – having stayed silent during the 2000s criminal investigation and legal proceedings – because she had become “exhausted” living with Kelly’s lies.Kelly is back in court, this time in Chicago, to face further charges in relation to the allegations of sexual abuse that have been made against him for decades.

Content warning: This article discusses the alleged sexual abuse of a minor.A woman has identified herself as the underage girl in the footage that formed the basis of R. Kelly‘s child pornography trial in the 2000s, telling a courtroom she was repeatedly sexually abused by the singer while she was a minor.As the Chicago Tribune reports, the woman appeared in a Chicago federal court on Thursday (August 18) to give testimony in the disgraced R&B singer’s current trial, in which he is charged with 13 counts of production of child pornography, conspiracy to produce child pornography and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

An unidentified woman testified in court Thursday that R&B singer R. Kelly had sexually abused her “hundreds” of times before she turned 18, and confirmed that she’s the underage girl in the video that was at the centre of his 2008 child pornography trial (he was ultimately acquitted, with jurors claiming their decision was due to the fact that woman did not testify at that earlier trial).

R Kelly’s alleged child sex tape victim is set to testify at his latest trial. The girl is allegedly seen in multiple child pornography tapes from the late 1990s having sex with the disgraced 1990s R and B sensation. She is expected to be the prosecution’s star witness in ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ singer Kelly’s trial on allegations he made child pornography and enticed underage girls for sex.

R. Kelly‘s second federal trial began in Chicago yesterday (August 17), with prosecutors saying that the trial will focus on the disgraced singer’s “dark” and “hidden side”.Kelly has already been sentenced to 30 years in jail after being found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in a New York court last year.The singer is now the subject of a second federal trial in his hometown of Chicago where he is facing 13 charges, including creating and receiving child pornography, enticing minors into sexual activity and obstruction of justice.

The latest R Kelly trial kicked off in Chicago yesterday, with the star this time battling charges relating to images of child abuse and conspiracy to obstruct justice. And while there will be plenty of parallels between these proceedings and the trial that took place in New York a year ago, yesterday’s opening statements confirmed that there will be even stronger links to a much earlier trial involving the musician.Last year Kelly was found guilty in New York State of setting up and running a criminal enterprise in order to access and abuse women and teenagers, a conviction that resulted in a 30 year jail sentence.

After previously being convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering and receiving a 30-year sentence, singer R. Kelly will face another jury in Chicago on Monday.  Kelly is facing federal obstruction of justice charges for allegedly intimidating and threatening a witness in his 2008 child pornography trial, which ended in an acquittal.  Kelly, 55, who has been serving time in a New York prison, was facing charges in 2008 for producing a video of himself when he was around 30 having sex with a girl no older than 14. In the original trial, the victim, described as "Minor 1," was allegedly threatened and paid off by Kelly to ensure she did not testify.

Kelly Ripa has modeled many Halloween costumes in her time and it appears her son is taking after her love of dressing up. The Live star's oldest son, Michael, reposted a photo of himself dressed as anime character, Chrollo Lucilfer, and we barely recognized him. MORE: Kelly Ripa's family change involving youngest son Joaquin revealedMichael was wearing a long black coat with white fur trim, heavy-looking boots, earrings and a cross on his forehead.WATCH: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' love story - all we know He was sitting in a children's ball pit and reading a book. "Good times good memories," he captioned the photo.Michael is forging a career in the acting world and assuring that he does it his way!MORE: David Muir's mom is the epitome of glam in photo alongside her famous sonMORE: Kelly Ripa's real reason for time off Live revealed - and it involves her familyWhile he was raised in the stunning family home in New York's Upper East Side, he now resides in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and his parents are adamant that their children be self-sufficient after leaving home.

Kelly Ripa is making the most of her time off work during her summer vacation - and she had another reason to celebrate on Tuesday too!MORE: Kelly Ripa's family change involving youngest son Joaquin revealedThe Live star's only daughter Lola has been counting down the days until her debut single release, and on Tuesday it was finally available to listen to on Spotify.Kelly shared a countdown alongside a photo of her and Mark Consuelos by the pool awaiting the new music, and later posted details of the song - including the swipe-up link to hear it.VIDEO: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' love story Lola's song, called Paranoia Silverlining has already proved to be a huge hit since its release and both Kelly and Mark incredibly proud of her.MORE: Kelly Ripa's real reason for time off Live revealed - and it involves her familyMORE: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' son lives a very different life to his famous parents Lola is notoriously private and Kelly - who often talks about her family on her talk show - often jokes that she has to ask her daughter for permission to share any photos of her on social media.The 21-year-old celebrated her milestone birthday earlier in the year, and is currently studying music at New York University. Kelly Ripa shared the details of daughter Lola's debut singleDiscussing the moment Lola moved out of the family home in the Upper East Side during a previous episode of Live, Kelly explained: "We moved Lola into her dorm and it's one of those things that you don't realize how close [the kids are].