But throughout his trial, Mr. Kelly’s legal team appeared to employ tactics that recalled an earlier era, attempting to paint the bevy of accusers who testified as jealous, fame-seeking, promiscuous liars.
R. Kelly Girlfriend Joycelyn Savage Now Claims To Be Another One Of His Victims One of the R&B singer's live-in girlfriends, Joycelyn Savage, alleged in a series of online posts that the singer sexually and physically abused her, and forced her to have two abortions.
R. Kelly pleads not guilty to latest sexual abuse charges The 13-count indictment released in July 2019 in the Northern District of Illinois accused Kelly of videotaping himself having sex with at least four girls younger than 18 beginning in 1998.
Jerhonda Pace, 28, one of the first women to publicly accuse Kelly of sexual abuse, spoke during her second day of testimony in Brooklyn federal court, the first of many expected prosecution witnesses against the 54-year-old Kelly.
At a hearing earlier this month, Kelly's Chicago-based attorney, Steven Greenberg, said Kelly was in the process of revamping his legal team in the New York case, which underwent a dramatic shake-up in the weeks leading up to trial.
Azriel Clary, one of the R. Kelly survivors who testified against him in court, is opening up about a 2019 interview with CBS News in which she defended the disgraced R&B singer.
Nicole Blank Becker, a former Michigan sex crimes prosecutor who spent nearly two decades working with victims, remembers watching "Surviving R. Kelly" and being mortified by the deluge of sexual abuse allegations against the R&B star.
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Kelly. At the time, it was reported that Kelly had two live-in girlfriends, Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage—both of whom hadn't seen or been in direct contact with their families for years. Clary agreed to cooperate with authorities investigating Kelly and as of January 2020, she returned home with her family.
His attorneys worked to disparage his accusers and diminish their hours of graphic testimony through victim-blaming defense tactics. Kelly's attorney Deveraux Cannick told jurors that Kelly's accusers were simply “groupies” and a big star like Kelly “didn't have to recruit women” for sexual activity.
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Kelly is charged with commanding an enterprise of managers, bodyguards and other employees who helped him recruit women and underage girls for sex. Federal prosecutors say Kelly picked out his alleged victims at his concerts and other venues and arranged for them to travel to see Kelly.
Judge Ann Donnelly stopped defense lawyer Nicole Blank Becker in her tracks when she called two women involved in the case "girls.". The judge told Becker to refer to the people she was talking about as ...
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The judge initially entered a default judgment in the case because R Kelly failed to respond. Judge Johnson also denied a motion to dismiss the case under the statute of limitations laws. The judge agreed with defense lawyers that as a minor, Williams did not understand her injuries because of her sexual contact with R. Kelly.
Williams says she met the singer in 1998 in Chicago when she was 16. He lured her into his studio with promises of appearing in an upcoming music video. This civil case is the same one where R. Kelly lawyers argued he couldn’t read his summons papers.
Abdallah told the judge in court on Tuesday that their resignation letter was hand-delivered to R. Kelly in prison. He currently awaits a trial for criminal charges ranging from sexual assault to child pornography and racketeering.
The jury, made up of seven men and five women, began deliberating Friday afternoon.
Fifty prosecution and defense witnesses took the stand during the five-week trial, including victims who were identified as "Jane Does" in Kelly's indictments. There were 45 prosecution witnesses.
Kelly still has legal battles after this trial. In the Northern District of Illinois, he faces more federal charges including child pornography and obstruction charges. He also faces criminal charges in Minnesota, for two counts of engaging in prostitution with a minor, and Illinois state charges for aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
NPR also reached out to Kelly's lawyer, Steve Greenberg, for comment, but he did not respond immediately. However, in a statement published by Variety on Saturday, Greenberg said: "It is unfortunate that Jocelyn [ sic] now seeks to make money by exploiting her long time, loving relationship with Robert.
R. Kelly Girlfriend Joycelyn Savage Now Claims To Be Another One Of His Victims One of the R&B singer's live-in girlfriends, Joycelyn Savage, alleged in a series of online posts that the singer sexually and physically abused her, and forced her to have two abortions.
Joycelyn Savage has been among R. Kelly's most ardent defenders in public. One of the R&B singer's two recent live-in girlfriends, the 24-year-old has spoken out on his behalf in a widely seen CBS interview with journalist Gayle King in March and in two videos with TMZ, as well as showing up to support Kelly during various court appearances.
NPR has also reached out to Gerald Griggs, the lawyer for Savage's parents, who did not respond immediately. But in a statement Griggs emailed to the New York Times on Sunday, he wrote: "The family is concerned about the allegations made by the social media account purported to be that of Joycelyn Savage.
In a post published Sunday, Savage alleged that Kelly forced her to have two abortions — once in 2016, and again in 2018 — and that at least one of the abortions was performed at Kelly's home rather than at a hospital or clinic so that the news would not become public. Confusingly, she accompanied her post about the alleged abortions ...