The woman who has been at the center of R. Kelly's legal troubles for more than two decades is R&B. The singer had sex with her "hundreds of times" between when she was 15 and before she was 18. In the late 1990s, when she was 13, she told jurors that she asked the Grammy-winning singer to be her godfather.
Kelly called me within a few days and told me that she would say something sexual. She said she first touched her breasts and other parts of her body when she was 14 in a Chicago recording studio, and around that time he "began breaking into" his home on Chicago's North Side. She told jurors that she was 15 when they first had intercourse.
When asked how she would know what to do in 2018, Jane replied, "He'll tell me what to do." When asked, she answered quietly.
At first she spoke softly and tentatively, but she explained that Jane grew up in a musical family outside Chicago. This included being homeschooled as she was in a touring music group she joined when she was 12 years old.
One of the most serious charges the Grammy Award winner will face in federal court is his 2008 lawsuit regarding state child pornography charges stemming from a video of him and Jane having sex. It is an obstruction of justice conspiracy that allegedly manipulated the court. Among other things, prosecutors say Kelly retaliated and threatened Jane not to testify at the trial. She did not, and he was eventually acquitted.
Kelly was also accused of producing child pornography, is on trial for soliciting her for sexual intercourse.
Unlike the 2008 trial, Jane has cooperated with prosecutors leading up to the current trial and has been a pivotal witness.
The Chicago conviction adds dozens more to the 30-year prison sentence he already received earlier this year from a New York federal judge for using his fame to sexually abuse other young fans. Potentially adding years... At that trial, various accusers testified.
Jane first met Kelly in the late 1990s when she was in middle school. She was tagging along to Kelly's Chicago recording studio with her aunt, a professional singer who works with Kelly. Shortly after that meeting, Jane told her parents that Kelly would be her godfather. Side states that they filmed Jane's video in a log cabin-themed room in her home in Chicago. Man "Daddy" federal prosecutor says she and Kelly had sex hundreds of times over the years in their home, recording studio and tour bus.
On Chicago's South Side Kelly, who had risen from poverty to stardom as a singer, songwriter and producer, knew that a conviction in 2008 would effectively end his life, so prosecutors said he They say they conspired to fix it. trial.
According to prosecutors, Kelly told her parents and Jane to leave Chicago and paid for travel to the Bahamas and Cancun, Mexico. When they returned, prosecutors say Kelly tried to isolate Jane and moved her to another hotel. 's father and mother denied it was her.
On June 13, 2008, tears streamed down his face when he was acquitted of all charges of child pornography. Some jurors told reporters after the trial they weren't sure the woman in the video was who state prosecutors said she was.[38]
Prior to her 2008 trial, Kelly carried a duffel bag full of sex tapes everywhere she went for years, although several later went missing, according to court filings.
In the early 2000s, an aunt showed her parents a copy of a video showing her daughter having sex with Kelly. When they confronted Kelly, he told them, "Are you for or against me," government filings say. rice field.
Kelly, who denies any wrongdoing, has been followed for decades by complaints and allegations about his sexual behavior. Documentary "Surviving R. Kelly"
Kelly also sexually seduced minors faces four lawsuits. They are also expected to testify.
Prosecutors told jurors that the evidence included at least three videos of him showing Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
Two of Kelly's associates, Derell McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants. McDavid was accused of helping Kelly fix a 2008 trial, and Brown was charged with receiving child pornography.
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