Woman testifies she was abused by R. Kelly in infamous sex tape, had sex “hundreds” of times when she was a minor
nme.comContent 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.
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