An R. Kelly fan was arrested after screaming, “free R. Kelly!” near an elevator used by jurors yesterday.
Debra Triplett was cuffed and brought before Judge Vincent Vaughan who is presiding over Kelly’s trial. After deciding the jurors didn’t hear the outburst, the judge set bond at $50,000.
Unless Triplett can come up with 10% of the bail amount she will likely spend Memorial Day weekend in jail.
$50,000 seems a little excessive. Was R. Kelly’s bail that much when he was arrested?
In other R. Kelly news, former Kelly protege Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards took the stand yesterday and positively identified her 13-year-old niece and Kelly in a video that was shown to the jury.
Sparkle and the defense attorney got into it when he accused her of bribing Kelly. Sparkle replied with a raised voice: “Sweetie, I’m not trying to get money out of this.”
Genson angrily replied, “I’m not your sweetie!”, prompting the judge to intervene. (Source)
