Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez points at R. Accusers said the singer obsessively took videos of every sexual encounter, and made many of them sign fake letters incriminating themselves to keep them in his orbit.Īssistant U.S. They were not permitted to move between rooms without Kelly's permission - not even to use the bathroom - and would sometimes pee in large plastic cups from gas stations when they didn't receive it. Accusers testified that they were expected to perform sex on demand, refer to Kelly as 'Daddy,' wear baggy clothes, and they were not permitted to look at or speak to other men. Kelly was said to exert control over his live-in 'girlfriends' with strict rules. Kelly also gave several of them herpes, they testified, without disclosing that he had the incurable disease. Others described being 'trained' in sex and living with the singer over the course of several years. One woman said Kelly sexually assaulted her just moments after meeting her backstage after a concert.
The accusers, whose experiences with Kelly spanned the course of about 25 years until his July 2019 arrest, described how the singer pressured them into sex.
