Doin’ His Hair Braider
To coincide with his single “Hair Braider,” R.Kelly has a website dedicated to fans who want to showcase their braids designs. Boy stop! That shit is so 1997. Viewers can rate the coif creations from “straight back wack” to “lookin’ like spaghetti.”
I can’t. And I will not.
On a more serious note, the Chicago Sun Times is reporting a woman will testify to having a threesome with the singer and the underage girl shown in the video at the heart of the case.
As part of the case, prosecutors claim to have identified the girl in the videotape. This alleged victim is now in her 20s. Kelly’s lawyers plan to argue — and the alleged victim will reportedly testify — that she is not the girl in the tape.
But the prosecution’s new witness could undermine that defense, since she will identify the girl, sources with knowledge of the matter told the Chicago Sun-Times. In addition, the witness is expected to say the girl was underage at the time of their encounter.
“She was involved in a threesome with [the girl] and R. Kelly,” one source said.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers declined to comment, citing a gag order in the case.
The witness’ testimony was among the evidence discussed in secret hearings last month before Judge Vincent Gaughan. The judge, citing concerns about pretrial publicity, closed the hearings to the public and put multiple court filings under seal.
The Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and the Associated Press filed a legal challenge to unseal the proceedings and documents, as did WBEZ-FM (91.5). Those challenges are still pending.
At one of the closed hearings, Gaughan ruled in the prosecution’s favor and said testimony about the threesome would be admissible at trial, sources said.
