R. Kelly

The singer has repeatedly denied accusations that he preyed on several alleged victims during a 30-year career.

"I felt this man had purposely given me something he knew he had," the witness testified.

"There's been times where they wanted to (leave) but couldn't because they couldn't get a ride or we couldn't get ahold of Rob," Anthony Navarro said.

One of the accusers in the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial resumed testimony after telling jurors yesterday she was a minor when the sexual relationship began.

"What his success and popularity brought him was access, access to girls, boys and young women," a prosecutor said during opening statements.

Jury selection concluded after a three-day process in which dozens of potential jurors were screened for the upcoming trial of the R&B singer.

The Grammy winner has been locked up since 2019 while awaiting four separate state and federal trials. If convicted in New York, the 54-year-old faces 20 years in prison.

One of Kelly's lawyers said the R&B singer's funds are "depleted" after he has been unable to work for the past two years following his arrest in 2019.

Kelly allegedly had $500 paid to an Illinois state employee to create a fake ID for Aaliyah, his protege who was 15 years old at the time.

"We refused to try a case with lawyers who don't have the appropriate level of experience and skill because that is not in the client's best interest," Greenberg told Newsweek.

R. Kelly has been incarcerated since 2019 while he awaits trial on charges that include sexual assault, sexual trafficking, abuse of a minor, racketeering and obstruction of justice.

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R. Kelly's trial was initially postponed to begin in October but a judge is considering delaying the trail once more citing coronavirus pandemic concerns.

He is apparently categorized as a "high-risk" case.

Savage, one of the singer's live-in girlfriends, is expected in court next month after being charged with misdemeanor domestic battery causing bodily harm.

The disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is facing a new charge of one count of bribery connected to his 1994 marriage to late singer Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time.

The singer denies all the allegations against him.

R. Kelly was arrested Thursday night on 13 new charges.

The arrest is part of a 13-count sex-crime indictment, which U.S. attorney spokesman Joseph Fitzpatrick told the Chicago Sun-Times involves charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice. Kelly's publicist confirmed the sex trafficking charges to WBBM-TV.

"I feel like I failed my daughter because I should have saw different signs."

Jimmy Kimmel also said he hoped CBS covered R. Kelly's bail.

The disgraced R&B star spent three nights behind bars only weeks after a weekend stay in lockup on assault charges.

Fox host Jesse Watters praised King for her jaw-dropping interview with R. Kelly which aired earlier this week, but got her mixed up with Robin Roberts from ABC's "Good Morning America."

"When I was 17, my parents were actually making me, trying to get me to take photos with him, take sexual videos with him, all kinds of stuff."

"I need you to understand that I'm very happy."

The accusations are similar to R. Kelly's current case.

Andrew Wyatt, Bill Cosby's crisis manager, said he was fighting a "racist war."

Savage is reportedly living in the residence with Kelly's other girlfriend Azriel Clary.

"A lot of us kind of tolerated or looked the other way on that issue for a long time, and a lot of people were being hurt for decades."

"We have substantial evidence that R. Kelly and his enablers purposely hid this tape from prosecutors," defense attorney Michael Avenatti said on Twitter.