Woman testifies she was abused by R. Kelly in infamous sex tape, had sex “hundreds” of times when she was a minor
19.08.2022 - 11:49
/ nme.com
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.
The singer has denied all accusations.Identified only as Jane, the woman told the court that she was 14 years old when she first had sexual contact with Kelly – whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – after meeting him approximately a year earlier. When she turned 15, the sex acts allegedly escalated to intercourse, and they had sex “hundreds” of times following that.Jane, now 37 years old, told the court that sometimes those sexual interactions would include other underage girls, at Kelly’s request.
Two of those women, a schoolmate of Jane’s identified with the pseudonym Pinky, and a woman whose pseudonym is Brittany, are also expected to testify in the trial along with two other unnamed accusers.When Jane took the stand on Thursday, it was the first time she’d publicly testified that it was her in videos that show Kelly allegedly engaging in sex acts with an underage girl. These were reportedly filmed in the late 1990s, when Jane was 14-years-old.
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