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R. Kelly Got Divorced

Hollywood Grind — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:40:13 +0000

R. Kelly (42) was married to Andrea Lee Kelly (35) for 11 years, and they just got divorced. The couple have two children together, and they will have a joint custody agreement.

In 2005, Andrea, filed an emergency protective order to keep the singer away from her amid claims of physical abuse which she rescinded weeks later. The couple then filed for divorce in 2006, but were still trying to make things work.

Andrea told Essence magazine in 2007:

"Some people in my position would probably be very broken right now, and they would probably be saying, ’Woe is me.’ But I’m just not that person."

The couple married in 1996, two years after the then-20-year-old Andrea had auditioned as a backup dancer for the singer/songwriter/record producer. She would go on to handle most of the choreography for his tours, videos and live performances.

Andrea must have gotten too old for R. Kelly. She sounds like she was a keeper, especially since she stuck it out despite the legal troubles R. Kelly had during their marriage.

R. Kelly Talks About Child Porn Trial

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:57:04 +0000

BET News journalist Toure interviewed R. Kelly, and was able to get him to speak openly about his child pornography trail. The interview went like this:

Kelly: "I can’t keep answering these questions. If you was charged with something and you were found innocent, then you can’t be found guilty for being found innocent."

Toure: Let me ask you something real that millions of Americans are thinking about and wondering about you. Do you like teenage girls?

Kelly: When you say teenage, how old are we talking?
Toure: Girls who are teenagers.

Kelly: 19?

Toure: 19 and younger.

Kelly: I have some 19-year-old friends, but I don’t like anybody illegal if that’s what we’re talking about, underage.

Toure: Uh-huh. Some people think that you like underage girls. What do you say to that?

Kelly: Those people don’t know Robert. They don’t know me. I usually don’t get into what people think about me, because all my career — even before the trial — people had their opinions about Robert, you know. That’s probably because, it had a lot to do with me kind of shying away from the crowd, ’cause I’m always in the the studio, digging deep into the basement all the time of my house, creating music. So when people don’t know you, they can’t touch you like they could someone else. They seem to form opinions or have thoughts about you that they like to, you know, think.

Toure: Some of the people who’ve worked with you have said there’s an issue here. Your former manager has said publicly there’s an issue of concern here. Your brother Carey has said there’s an issue of concern here.

Kelly: Issue of concern? What do you mean when you say issue of concern?

Toure: They said that they’re concerned that you like underage girls.

Kelly: Let me put it to you this way, man. It’s unfortunate that people who don’t work for me says that the people that do work for me don’t say that, and the people who don’t work for me were fired. If you have someone work for you and they’re mad ’cause they’re not working for you anymore and used to getting a certain amount of money or a certain amount of fame because they work for you, because you’re famous, and all of a sudden they mess you around and you let them go — anything that comes up about you, they’re gonna run and say, "Yeah, he did that to me! I knew this, too, about him." But you really can’t, you know — I don’t want you, I want my fans: Do not list to the people that was fired. Don’t even listen to the people that was hired. Listen to the facts, and get into what you think and make your own opinion. If you’re gonna have an opinion about me, have your own opinion of what you think about me. What you definitely don’t do is go by somebody that was fired and mad and pissed off about you because they were fired.
Toure: But your brother Carey was not fired. He’s your brother.

Kelly: He was fired.

Toure: But he’s still your brother.

Kelly: Doesn’t matter. He’s still my brother, but if he’s so my brother [then] why’d he get fired?

Toure: Why did he get fired?

Kelly: I can’t get into that. … Unfortunately, it’s like this: When you’re me, when you’re R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don’t give ’em a piece they’ll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other. I’ve been blackmailed a billion times in my career — before the trial, during the trial, after the trial — I’ve been sued for stuff that … ridiculous things. At one point in my life, I was an ATM machine. People would come up and push whatever, and if it don’t come out they’ll go tell somebody this or they’ll go run and say this, run and say that. I’m used to that. I’m, you know — you don’t get used to it. Let me take that back. I’m not used to it, but I’m used to the fact I know people will do this, sometimes even your own family members. I don’t hate no one of ’em, but I know a lot of people will be out to get me ’cause I’m very vulnerable, man, especially during a seven-year trial.
Toure: So there’s no issue here? They’re all wrong, there’s no issue here — that’s what you’re saying?

Kelly: It depends on who you say "they’re all," and what they’re saying.

It all boils down, for R. Kelly, to what the definition of "is" is. Since the trial R. Kelly is no longer into underage girls, just barely legal girls.

R. Kelly Jurors Said It Was Him on the Tape

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:30:23 +0000

Despite a majority of jurors voting it was R. Kelly who appeared in the video tape, at the center of his trial where he was found not guilty, one juror said, "What we had wasn’t enough." Jurors let R. Kelly go they say because the evidence wasn’t sufficient to convict him. Good thing R. Kelly is rich and famous, because an ordinary person would be in jail right now.

After the not guilty verdict was read R. Kelly cried like a baby. Wouldn’t you? It must be a huge relief to have a trial that took six years to get to, finally behind him.

R. Kelly Found Not Guilty

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:43:48 +0000

R. Kelly was found NOT GUILTY of all fourteen counts of child pornography.

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R. Kelly Denies the Mole is a Mole

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:50:15 +0000

This week the reporter who was sent the infamous R. Kelly tape, at the center of his criminal trial, was ordered to court with a bench warrant. When the reporter finally took the stand to testify, he took the fifth amendment over and over. The issue was whether the reporter had made copies of the tape, which would constitute a crime.

On Thursday the Kelly defense lawyers brought in their own video tape forensic expert, to refute claims by the prosecutor’s expert who said there was indeed a mole on the back of the man in the tape, which matched one on Kelly’s back. The latest expert said the black mark that appears in the video appears, and disappears, because the video has been duplicated so many times. Doesn’t that mean the black mark is a mole, but it’s harder to see if the tape has been duplicated?

Kelly should just take a plea deal.

Lisa Van Allen Testimony a Bomb Shell for R. Kelly

Hollywood Grind — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:43:31 +0000

Lisa Van Allen not only confirmed the authenticity of the R. Kelly intimate video tape, but also confirmed that the other girl who had a threesome with them was underage. Although the defense tried to undermine her credibility, family of the underage girl also confirmed the identity, and age, of the underage girl in the tape. R. Kelly faces 15 years in prison, and it looks like that is where he is headed.

Click here to read more about Allen’s testimony.

R. Kelly Mole Found in Video

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:47:59 +0000

On Thursday the prosecutors in the R. Kelly trial brought in a video forensics expert who was able to find the mole on the back of the man in the video.

The expert froze several frames of the sex tape where a dark spot was visible on the back of the man in the intimate video. For comparison, the expert showed the jury a still photo taken of Kelly’s back after his arrest in 2002, revealing a dark fingernail-sized mole. The expert said:

"There is a mark on the man’s back in the exact same position as the man on the tape."

Prosecutors smiles, while Kelly and his attorneys wore a frown.

Prosecutors also presented an FBI forensic expert who testified that the male and female in the intimate tape were not computer-generated or altered. The FBI forensic expert further testified it would take years and be very costly if someone wanted to create digitally altered video as the defense suggested.

It looks like R. Kelly will be going to jail, and faces up to 15 years in jail.

R. Kelly Case Gets Surprise Witness

Hollywood Grind — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:48:20 +0000

The R. Kelly trial adjourned early today after Kelly’s attorney, Sam Adam Sr., said he received a call from a mystery man who claimed to have information that could help the defense. Adam said:

"We never knew about this witness until approximately 9 o’clock this morning, when the witness called us."

Adam told Judge Vincent Gaughan the defense attorneys would interview the man into the early morning hours Thursday. The mystery witness was said to be flying to Chicago Wednesday night from another state on Wednesday night.

Gaughan said to the attorneys in court, while the jury was present:

"I have no idea what’s going on. It might be the impeachment of the witness (for prosecutors)."

At least the judge is open minded, which is good for Kelly because his life hangs in the balance. This case is better than a soap opera.

R. Kelly Identified in Tape by Employee

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:14:02 +0000

Lindsey Perryman, who worked as a personal assistant for R. Kelly from 2000 to 2007, took the stand in court and said she believes it IS R. Kelly in the video tape with an underaged girl. "The image I saw looked exactly like Mr. Kelly," she said, adding she was "shocked" and "disturbed" by the video.

Tjada Burnett, a family friend of the alleged victim, was more certain, saying she recognized the female by her "cheeks, her nose, her facial structure," and said she could have been about 12 or 13 years old at the time the tape was made.

Today the other woman in the video tape will identify Kelly and the victim in her testimony. The woman will also confirm the girl who participated in the threesome was underage.

Kelly is going to jail. He might as well start getting his appeal ready right now.

R. Kelly Identified in Video by Four Witnesses

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:17:21 +0000

R. Kelly was identified in court today as the man who was in the video tape having sex with an underage girl. The underage girl, who denied being in the video and is now 23 years-old, was also identified as being in video, and lying about not being in the video with Kelly. The underage girl was said to have been 13 years-old when the video was made.

The underage girl in the video was identified by a friend, an aunt, an uncle, and her father, Peter Thomas, who testified that the alleged victim’s involvement in the video was the talk of their neighborhood. The friend of the alleged victim, Simha Jamison (24), also identified kelly as being the man in the video.

The defense claimed the family and friend only gave the testimony to get money out of Kelly.

Riiiight. Weak defense. I believe Kelly will go to jail, and he faces up to 15 years, but I’ve been wrong before.

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