R. Kelly Lawyer Aims to Discredit Accuser Amid Tearful Testimony of Violence and Sexual Abuse

Content warning: This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual abuse.Rapper Logic has shared excerpts of his forthcoming memoir This Bright Future in the lead up to its release, recounting experiences of childhood sexual abuse.The forthcoming book chronicles Logic’s – AKA Bobby Hall’s – life, from growing up in a household of neglect and abuse, to pursuing and establishing a music career.In the audiobook excerpts previewed by Hall, he recalled an incident that occurred when he was

R Kelly’s first male accuser has taken the stand at the singer’s trial in New York, alleging that the star sexually assaulted him as a teenager.Kelly is currently on trial for nine charges – one of racketeering and eight violations of the Mann Act, which criminalises the transportation of any woman or girl across state lines for “immoral” purposes, such as illegal sexual activity.

R&B hitmaker R. Kelly’s forced his girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters that he could use to defend himself in case he got charged with sexually abusing them, one of his accusers testified on Wednesday at his New York City trial.

teenage girl pregnant twice during a campaign of sexual abuse has been jailed for 12 years. The traumatised victim gave birth to the first child before giving it up for adoption but received a "painful and humiliating" termination - paid for by him - after her second pregnancy.

Content warning: This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual abuseA woman has testified in court against R Kelly this week (August 19), alleging that he abused her as a minor.Jerhonda Pace alleged that Kelly, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, invited her back to his home when she was sixteen-years-old in 2009.Pace, who was an avid fan and a member of an R. Kelly fan club on MySpace, alleged Kelly had multiple sexual encounters with her over the course of six months.

Content warning: This story contains discussion of alleged sexual abuse.British writer Clinton Heylin, who has written extensively about the life and work of Bob Dylan, has claimed that recent sexual abuse allegations made against Dylan are “not possible” due to the claimant’s timeline of events.Last week, a woman sued Dylan for multiple incidents of sexual abuse that allegedly took place across a six-week period in April of 1965, when she was 12 years old.A lawsuit filed on August 13 in the

Content warning: This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual abuse.On the opening day of R.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJerhonda Johnson Pace told a federal jury that she began having sex with R. Kelly shortly after she turned 16, as the singer’s racketeering trial got under way in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

R&B star R. Kelly will be back in a criminal court on Wednesday, this time for opening statements in his long-anticipated federal trial arising from years of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while pursuing fame and fortune.

Ellise Shafer administratorMore than 25 years after allegations of sexual abuse against R. Kelly first began to surface, the singer’s New York criminal trial is set to begin its opening statements today (Aug.

Bob Dylan has denied a new claim that he sexually abused a a twelve year old girl in 1965.The claim is made in a lawsuit which was filed at the New York Supreme Court last week. The plaintiff, identified only as JC, says that she was abused by the musician several times in his room at Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA woman has filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Bob Dylan, alleging that the singer-songwriter sexually abused her in 1965, when she was 12 years old.The suit alleges that Dylan gave her drugs and alcohol, and established an emotional connection that allowed him to sexually abuse her for a period of several weeks.The woman is identified only as J.C. in the complaint, which doesn’t go into significant detail.

Bob Dylan is facing allegations of grooming and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in 1965, in a new lawsuit filed on Friday.

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