R. Kelly allegedly forced a woman to have oral sex inside a Los Angeles studio after he moved a firearm to be visibly close to her, he testified Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. The woman, identified only by her first name Faith, told jurors that during her fourth trip to meet Kelly in 2018, she took her inside a small room in the Los Angeles studio, where she noticed a gun. in the Ottoman.
“Don’t look at it,” Kelly told him, according to Faith. She said Kelly then began questioning her about her sex history and threatened that if she lied “there would be a problem.” Shortly afterwards, he said the singer had her take off her clothes and pushed her to perform a sexual act on her, which she told the jurors she didn’t want to do. “I was under his rules and he had a gun, so he wasn’t even going to get off the line,” he said. Then Faith said Kelly told her she “likes a woman who reminds her of a puppy, her daughter or her mother.” He stated that the meeting took place just a month before his nearly one-year relationship with Kelly ended. She was 19 and he was 50.
Kelly, who has remained mostly emotional during her trial in Brooklyn, appeared shaking her head and moving her fingers as prosecutors played part of a video she allegedly took of him and Faith during a 2018 meeting. in the studio. Faith said the last time she was with Kelly was on a 2018 New York trip, in which she called Kelly because she was constantly criticizing her about sex and slapping her on the back with apparent pity. “You caressed my shoulder. I’m like I’m a coach and I’m a team player, ”Faith told Kelly. The singer supposedly replied,“ Because you are. I’m a fucking legend. “