On Thursday during R. Kelly’s sex crimes trial, a woman testified that she attempted and failed to persuade the singer to destroy sex videos he recorded of them.
The lady, who was only identified in court as “Stephanie,” claimed she had a sexual relationship with R. Kelly when she was 17 years old in 1999.
She described her six-month relationship as the lowest point in her life, claiming that he recorded videos of them having sex even when she told him not to.
“I have never been threatened that way before or since,” Stephanie said through tears. “He humiliated me. He degraded me. He scared me. I will never forget the way he treated me.”
Stephanie reported that Kelly’s crew approached her at the Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonalds” when she was 16. She said they gave her Kthe disgraced singer’s number.
She said, at the time, she was “wasn’t interested.” But a year later, when he took part in an event around the corner from a hotel coffee shop where she worked as a barista. She testified to ask if he would meet her close friend, who was an aspiring singer.
Stephanie said she had already been sexually abused before engaging in a relationship with Kelly.
“That was definitely the worst part of my life,” she said. “I had low self-esteem. I had already suffered sexual abuse from a member of my family, from my boss, from men on the street. I was vulnerable.”
She described her interactions with Kelly as degrading. According to her, he “orchestrated the sounds” she made and compelled her to perform sex acts in front of others. He would leave her in the middle of intercourse and expect her to stay in the same position for hours until he returned, erupting in anger if she moved.
Kelly stated he preferred “young girls” during a dinner with two rappers named “Boo” and “Gotti” — probably the hip-hop pair that worked with Kelly and Jay-Z on the 2001 track “Fiesta.” Stephanie claimed Kelly compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis, a well-known singer-songwriter whose career took a nosedive after marrying his 13-year-old cousin.
“He mentioned that he likes young girls and that people make such a big deal of it,” Stephanie said, before quoting Kelly: “‘Look at Jerry Lee Lewis. He’s a genius, and I’m a genius. We should be allowed to do whatever we want. Look at what we give the world.”
Stephanie stated that after a particularly degrading sexual session in 1999, she attempted to leave Kelly. Kelly’s sex tapes, on the other hand, made her feel restricted, she stated.
She claimed she visited with him several times in person and suggested burning the videos, but he was hesitant.
After a phone call in which she requested him to erase the tapes once more, he invited her to come over to his studio and cut off contact. Stephanie believes he desired more sex.
“It was then I knew he didn’t have any intention of destroying the tapes,” she said.
She testified that it was the last time she spoke with him.
“I felt used and humiliated and degraded,” she said. “I didn’t want to feel abused anymore.”
Stephanie’s lawyer, Gloria Allred, was present in the courtroom with her. One of Kelly’s lawyers, Nicole Blank Becker, cross-examining Stephanie, mentioned Allred’s presence in the courtroom. She inquired if Allred would be willing to defend her in a legal lawsuit against Kelly, in which she could be awarded monetary damages. The accuser said that she had not discussed or planned to file a civil case.
Stephanie stated that she has never spoken publicly about her ordeal and has no plans to do so in the future.
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