The jury in R. Kelly’s federal child pornography trial heard from two additional women Monday who say Kelly sexually abused them when they were teenagers in the 1990s — and who corroborated claims that Kelly sexually abused a woman who has already testified.
The most serious charges against Kelly in his latest trial involve his alleged production of child pornography through his recorded sexual abuse of a teenager known to jurors as “Jane.” Now 37, the woman testified Aug. 18 that Kelly began to sexually abuse her when she was around 14. Since then, jurors have viewed 17 video clips allegedly depicting the abuse and heard from Lisa Van Allen, who described a 1998 sexual encounter involving Kelly and Jane.
