Chicago Sun-Times music writer Jim DeRogatis is in hot water with the judge presiding over the R. Kelly child pron trial.
The writer, who defense attorneys say is responsible for the widespread distribution of the videotape at the center of the case, was a no-show at a Cook County court yesterday morning to testify in the R. Kelly trial.
Despite a court order demanding his presence in the courtroom, the writer, affectionately known as “DeRos”, did not say ‘present’ when the judge called roll on Tuesday. The Chicago Tribune reports that DeRos never received the summons to appear in court. The paper did not explain how everyone else on the planet knew DeRos was subpoenaed to appear in court.
The judge threatened to arrest DeRos and haul him into court if he doesn’t appear today. This should be interesting since Kelly’s case hinges on DeRos’ testimony about what happened to the controversial tape after it came into his possession in 2002.
The defense contends DeRos intentionally leaked the tape to the Internets after writing damaging articles about Kelly before the tape surfaced.
The tape contained scenes of a man the prosecution claims is R. Kelly engaging in sexual acts with an underage girl. The girl, now 23, claims it isn’t her on the tape.
The judge also ruled that DeRogatis is not protected under the First Amendment as a reporter because he is a material witness to a crime. Does that make anyone who viewed the tape a material witness to a crime?
(Note to Feds: my interest in viewing the tape was purely educational.) (Source)
Sandra you are too much “educational purposes” lol. I did not see the tape but from what I heard it was surely a lesson.
Well I never watched it, so nooo way.But the man should of been present.
lol @ Sandra for the “educational purposes comment”
This mess here is getting sicker by the minute, I sure hope this gets sold to lifetime or some T.V network do a movie or documentary on Kells dirty trifflin ass
Sandra, I believe everyone viewed it purely for “educational purposes” only too, LOL.
sidenote: it is cold as alaska in my job right now
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Mimi Renee Says:
sidenote: it is cold as alaska in my job right now.
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You must work for a man who has the air on when it is only 60 degrees out. I keep an electric heater under my desk. I use it in the summer also. He has the air on I keep my heater on.
i don’t think jim leaked the tape…whoever mailed him a copy made copies beforehand…
@ anna/mi mi renee: i keep me personal heater on year-round as well! i’m glad my job allowed me to use it and paid for it…some companies don’t even allow you to plug up heaters at your desk…
@ Anna
YES it is freezing in here and the air stays on blast..i remember it being on in January. I’m wrapped up in my blanket at my desk right now. They don’t like us having electric heaters, talkin bout its gonna start a fire….
My job is so cold I think I have frostbite as we type lol. I took my heater home thinking because it was 75 degrees outside I didn’t need it. wrong. It doesn’t help that I am the only black person and only female in my office if you get what I mean.
now, yah know the folks like the cold…yah all know who the folks are right???
I am the only black female at my office. But ha ha. I am the only employee. lol.
@ bloggergirlz I too don’t believe he leaked the tape
bloggergirlz Says:
i don’t think jim leaked the tape…whoever mailed him a copy made copies beforehand…
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ITA…I think whoever made it made a copy for him, and a copy for the bootleggers….The tape I seen started off with some commentary from a dude who had his face covered up; talking crap about R Kelly, and how people don’t know the real him…..this was over 6 years ago…..
That sounds like it was a setup. But Kells did the crime.
i first saw the tape like 6 years ago on the streets of new york selling in manhattan for $3.00. so, there were millions of copies made of this.
LOL @ all the “heater under the desk year round, I’m the only “one” in my office” comments.
I too am a statistic. I keep a heater under my desk “YEAR ROUND”. But these b!tches rigged it to shoot out orange sparks and blue flames when I turn it on. So I dress for winter year round and when their fat asses get up to walk out. I TURN OFF THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miss me.
FUKK’EM!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and ON topic:
I’m mad the judge is quick to lock up the “whistleblower” but taking his time to do the same for the “singin’ sinner”.
Is that the same judge that fell of the ladder last year and ended up in a coma or somethin’?!
Is it the same judge? This judge seems a little more willing to lock people up than the ones over the past six years. This trial is becoming worse than OJ.
My office is always freezing I can’t even where open toe shoes unless I bring some socks or sneakers to put on at my desk. Most offices have air on YEAR around and use heat strips in the ceiling which is suppose to keep the office warm. Just plain stupid
What’s up with dudes chin/neck????? GROSS!
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What’s up with dudes chin/neck?????
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I don’t see a chin or a neck. LOL double gross
@ black beauty Says:
My office is always freezing I can’t even where open toe shoes unless I bring some socks or sneakers to put on at my desk. Most offices have air on YEAR around and use heat strips in the ceiling which is suppose to keep the office warm. Just plain stupid.
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The guy that I work for turns the air off when he goes to lunch and if he leaves at the end of the day before me he turns it off. He knows I don’t like air. If I get in before him in the morning he comes in and says “why is it so hot in here”. I don’t turn the air on. Some days I feel like I need mittens and a coat on. Before I had my heater I had to go outside to warm up. lol
@ prynsexxx Says: …it’s the same judge, he fell but wasn’t in a coma
…Is that the same judge that fell of the ladder last year and ended up in a coma or somethin’?!
if they make the jim testify he might plead the 5th…they’re really trying to determine how he got the tape (which was anonymous) and when he and sparkle viewed it (the dates are conflicting of course)…
You know, I’ve been wondering why R. Kelly is still wearing those played out braids…
Then it hit me….
IF HE CUT HIS HAIR…THAT’S HIS ASS BECAUSE OF THAT TAPE!!!
Wow…you have to be a slave to a messed up hairstyle because you getting down with underaged punany…
Ya know, in that still shot of the video, it doesnt look like R. Kelly to me. As I’ve said before, I never seen the video.