According to the outlet, Kelly looked “somber” throughout the trial. Wearing a blue fit and tie, he had actually a shaved head as he sat with his lawyers. Kelly’s legal representatives are anticipated to speak on Wednesday, however have actually formerly discounted his supposed victims as “disgruntled groupies,” per NBC. Lawyer Douglas C. Anton stated the women were “dying to be with him” and just stepped forward to get on the #MeToo “bandwagon.”
E! News connected to Kelly’s lawyers for remark and did not hear back.
The charges center on 6 female victims, consisting of late vocalist Aaliyah, who wed Kelly in the 1990 s when she was 15 years of ages.
Melendez stated witnesses will consist of victims, partners, forensic psychologists and professionals in DNA, along with files that program Aaliyah was 15 when she wed. Prosecutors will likewise provide phone records, travel records, medical records, video recordings, letters from Kelly and physical proof from Kelly’s house, studio and storage centers.
The allegations cover about 25 years from a minimum of 1992 to2017 Prosecutors explained his interactions with supposed survivors, who consist of 2 women that were 16 and one that was 17 when they initially satisfied Kelly at different performances, personal celebrations or other public looks.
In 2019, after Kelly was openly implicated of sexual misbehavior, his partner Lady Gaga made headings for distancing herself from the artist. She stated she would be eliminating their tune, “‘Do What U Want (With My Body),” off iTunes and other streaming platforms and “will not be working with him again.”
Gaga composed on social networks, “I stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, know they are suffering and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously. What I am hearing about the allegations against R. Kelly is absolutely horrifying and indefensible. As a victim of sexual assault myself, I made both the song and video at a dark time in my life, my intention was to create something extremely defiant and provocative because I was angry and still hadn’t processed the trauma that had occurred in my own life.”
