According to the prosecution's star witness, Lisa Van Allen, not only did R. Kelly film himself having sex with an underage girl, but the Grammy award-winning singer traveled with a duffel bag full of homemade sex tapes at all times. "Wherever he was at, the [duffel] bag would follow," Van Allen said during her testimony on Monday. The 27-year-old witness also claimed she was present for the taping of some of Kelly's sexual encounters with minors. Van Allen described one instance where she cried during a tryst. "He got upset and said he couldn't watch that. He couldn't do anything with that, with me crying. He stopped the camera," Van Allen said.
The key witness went on to deliver even more damaging information. Van Allen testified that Kelly's business manager, Derrel McDavid, paid her $20,000 each for the return of a sex tape. "Van Allen is an admitted thief and liar who wouldn't know the truth if she tripped over it," McDavid said in a statement. Kelly's attorneys attempted to save the case and excused Van Allen of attempting to extort the R&B singer.
Kelly was slapped with child pornography charges in 2002 for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a minor. If convicted, the 41-year-old crooner could face up to 15 years in prison.
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kaoticchickat 6-04-2008
R kelly is the worlds worst gangster ever..i mean since venilla ice, its weird how those guys always tilt their heads 45 degrees to the side..check out this video i found about a thug life..friggin hilarious gangster parody
http://effinfunny.com/vince-morris/thug-life
NElleNoat 6-05-2008
I don't mean no harm or disrespect, but marrying Aaliyah when she was 15 was the only reference anyone ever neede to know his name is Pete O'Phile. He's trapped in the closet alright...and if he was smart he would have kept the tapes there too.
First mistake he made...why would a tape be called "The R. Kelly Sex Tape" if it wasn't R. Kelly? He's narcisstic as hell about his work so who else would release that?
To make matters worse- he's on the "Serve You Up" remix...SINGING:
I'll be serving you up, overflowing your cup AND *And shawty if you* thirsty, I got some good, good lemonade...
How dumb could that be? When you DON'T see other artists professing his innocence, you pretty much know they ain't trying to be a part of that school-girl game. He's sad.