Lisa Van Allen had barely turned 18 when she suddenly found herself swept up in a whirlwind romance with R. Kelly, a rising R&B superstar who gave her money to quit her job and come live with him in his Chicago studio and a hotel, a federal jury heard Thursday.
Their relationship was romantic. It was intensely sexual. And though she didn’t like it, Van Allen said their sexual encounters also sometimes involved others — including a girl Kelly described as his 16-year-old neighbor. Kelly also videotaped them, she said.
