R. Kelly accuser says he kept gun nearby while berating her

NEW YORK – One of R. Kelly’s accusers testified connected Wednesday that helium kept a weapon by his broadside portion helium berated her arsenic a prelude to forcing her to springiness him oral enactment successful a Los Angeles euphony studio.

“He had a weapon, truthful I wasn’t going to measurement retired of line,” the witnesser said portion recounting the 2018 occurrence astatine the R&B singer's New York City sex-trafficking trial.

When she spotted the gun, a stern-sounding Kelly told her not to look astatine it, she said, earlier demanding to know, “How galore men person you seen naked?” He besides instructed her to enactment “excited similar a puppy” whenever she saw him, adding, “I inactive person a batch to thatch you.”

She testified the past clip she saw Kelly astatine a New York City edifice suite, she resisted having enactment with him. She said helium responded by informing her not to defy him, saying, “I'm a f—-ing legend.”

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Kelly’s alleged intimidation tactics were each portion of an abusive intersexual narration that started erstwhile the pistillate was 19 and resulted successful her getting herpes from him, she said. After she filed constabulary reports and sued him for failing to disclose an STD, helium and his supporters threatened that they would merchandise nude photos and different compromising worldly astir her if she persisted with her allegations, she said.

The pistillate testified portion lone utilizing her archetypal sanction to support her privacy.

Kelly, 54, has repeatedly denied accusations that helium preyed connected victims during a 30-year career. His lawyers person portrayed his accusers arsenic groupies who are lying astir their relationships with him.

Jurors truthful acold person heard from a dependable watercourse of accusers claiming Kelly began sexually degrading them erstwhile they were inactive successful their teens. They said helium utilized his stardom to lure them into an insular satellite wherever helium watched their each determination and doled retired perverse punishments, spanking them and isolating them successful edifice rooms if they broke a vow to ne'er talk astir him to anyone else.

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Kelly’s idiosyncratic doc has besides testified, saying helium treated him for herpes for respective years.

The proceedings is unfolding nether coronavirus precautions restricting the property and the nationalist to overflow courtrooms with video feeds. That’s made it hard to discern the reactions of Kelly, who has been jailed since his national indictment was announced successful 2019.

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