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Chicago Tribune
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Jason Meisner and Megan Crepeau

R. Kelly trial vlogger charged after rival accused her of assault near courthouse

CHICAGO — An R. Kelly fan who has been posting videos about the disgraced singer’s ongoing criminal trial was arrested by Chicago police Thursday after another fan accused her of assault.

Sylvia Parks Tumusiime, 55, of Covington, Georgia, was charged with one misdemeanor count of battery, according to Chicago police.

According to police, the alleged victim, a 45-year-old woman, reported she had been assaulted by a woman she knows about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of North State Street. The victim said she was walking back to her parked vehicle when Tumusime approached and struck her on the left side of the face. The victim declined treatment at the scene, according to police.

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