R. Kelly Headed for Jail

Posted on May 3, 2008 at 12:53 pm (PST)

R. Kelly (41) pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges after he was accused of making a video tape of himself having sex with a girl who is alleged to be 13 or 14 years-old. The tape was authenticated by the FBI, which determined it could not have been a forgery.

As jury selection is set to start Friday, a new female witness has come forward who says she can identify the underage girl in the video, and her age. The girls is now said to be in her twenties, because it took prosecutors since 2002 to finally get the case heard by a court. Kelly’s lawyers will argue the alleged victim was not the girl in the tape, and the girl herself will confirm this allegation. Contradicting the girl will be the new witness who says she "was involved in a threesome with that girl and R. Kelly."

In the past, Kelly has faced civil lawsuits from underage girls accusing the singer of inducing them to have sex with him and a second woman. The title track of his 2007 album “Double Up” refers to a man arranging a ménage a trois.

Even with the alleged victim denying she is the underage girl in the tape, the jury only needs to hear the other women in the tape confirm the other girl was underage, to convict R. Kelly on multiple child pornography charges.

It’s about time justice was finally served in this case.