Prepare yourselves, Kelly Clarkson fans!
19.08.2022 - 19:41 / perezhilton.com
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 victim, who is now 37 years old, was a teenager in the late 1990s when she was introduced to the R&B singer. Identified only as “Jane” on the stand, she testified to being coerced into having sex with Kelly “hundreds” of times beginning when she was just 15 years old. Jane is the star witness in the federal government’s case against Kelly and two of his former associates on child pornography and conspiracy charges. According to WGN-TV covering the trial, her Thursday testimony at the Dirksen US Courthouse in Chicago capped “a stunning day” in court.
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On the record, the woman first revealed she met Kelly as a 13-year-old in about 1998 through her aunt. Eventually, her aunt convinced the girl to ask Kelly to become her “godfather.” The disgraced R&B star acquiesced — but weeks after agreeing, Jane testified, he began making sexual advances towards her.
At first, Kelly would allegedly ask about the color of her underwear and tell her “he was pleasuring himself” while the two were talking on the phone. Then, as a 14-year-old, Jane testified Kelly began to give her alcohol. Soon she began drinking heavily, and Kelly appeared to take pleasure in it as a way to gain access to the teenager.
On the stand, Jane recounted:
By the time she was 15 years old, Kelly’s alleged acts escalated to physical touching and sex. Asked by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannice Appenteng about whether the pair began meeting to have sex, the woman had a definitive one-word answer on the stand:
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Prepare yourselves, Kelly Clarkson fans!
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Kelly Clarkson shared a heartfelt message with her fans acknowledging the 20th anniversary of her life-changing rise to stardom.MORE: Kelly Clarkson's departure from The Voice - all we knowTaking to Instagram, the mum-of-two penned a lengthy statement in which she opened up about her appearance on American Idol.WATCH: Kelly Clarkson makes heartfelt admission about Christmas after divorceOverflowing with emotion, Kelly candidly wrote: "20 years ago today I won American Idol and it forever changed the course of my life. That moment was the door that opened up so much access and opportunity, and creative partnerships that I will be grateful for all of my days.MORE: Kelly Clarkson makes emotional revelation about who she really owes her career toMORE: Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband buys $1.8 million home after divorce battle"I am most proud and grateful for those friends that have become family, and for their arms that have held me when I needed it, and their hearts that listened to me when I felt lost.
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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.
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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).