R. Kelly Accused of Witness Tampering

With the R. Kelly child pornography, and molestation, trial set to start choosing a jury today a new allegation has surfaced that could put Kelly behind bars even if he was found not guilty on all the other charges.

The Chicago Sun-Times makes the allegation that the older woman involved in the video taped threesome with the underage girl, was paid by an R. Kelly aide to return the video tape of the alleged crime. The older woman was allegedly paid by the aide, but she is still set to testify, probably to keep herself out of jail. The underage girl in the tape is now 23 years-old, and she is set to testify that she is not the girl in the tape.

If an R. Kelly aide did pay the woman it would be charged as witness tampering. Blake Fielder-Civil, the husband of Amy Winehouse, is in jail for the very same crime right now.

Justice has waited six years for this trial, and this week R. Kelly’s lawyers tried to delay it another 18 months. Today, however, the jury selection begins FINALLY.