R. Kelly’s Sex Tape Goes Public
A home video that appears to show R&B star R Kelly performing sex acts on a 14-year-old girl, who is now 21 and denies she’s the underaged teen seen in the tape, will be made public during his child pornography trial in Chicago, local media reported on Friday.
“It’s hard to understand what the public benefit is of seeing this tape,” said Jane Doe Inc. spokeswoman Toni Troop. “The way that cases are handled have a chilling effect on other victims when deciding whether to come forward about a sexually violent crime, for fear that they will be the ones that are put on trial,” Troop said yesterday.
Earlier this month, the singer — real name Robert Sylvester Kelly — and prosecutors requested Judge Vincent Gaughan bar the public and media from watching the video because it would embarrass the girl — who is now 21. Read more!