Singer R. Kelly took one step closer to the penitentiary today when a woman took the stand and positively identified him as the man in a video engaging in sex acts with a minor.
Simha Jamison, 24, also testified that the young girl on the tape taking money from R. Kelly is her best friend from childhood who was 13 or 14 at the time the tape was made.
Jamison recalls viewing the videotape at the center of the prosecutor’s case twice before confirming that the girl was her friend.
“I kind of know her like the back of my hand,” Jamison said. She pointed out the girl’s unusual hairstyle as a “mullet” haircut.
“We got our hair cut the same way together. It’s a mullet. Short at the top, long at the back,” Jamison said. The girls were both 14 at the time and were freshmen in high school.
Earlier, Jamison’s legal guardian, Peter Thomas, testified he too viewed the tape and positively identified the young girl as Jamison’s childhood friend.
“She looks pretty young in that video,” Thomas said.
“As she got older, she started to look more like a woman, and there, she looks like kind of a kid,” Thomas said. (Source)
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Bout fucking time somebody came forward since clearly she was paid off sicne she saying it is not her and maybe he should hae taken the soul train music award off his desk before he decided to make prn with a under age girl oh and maybe when other people in the house was calling out his name he should not have answered.
He is so sick for doing this. I hope he is put under the jail.
okay me too this is so sad that it has taken this long
thank god this sh*t is all coming out. we know he paid her not to testify against him. the clincher will be if sparkle ever takes the stand and she too confirms the girl in the tape being her family memeber. he’s pathetic!
Well after waiting 6 years at least we know the trial is not going to last very long. Smart move showing the video at the beginning of the trial. His lawyers will be working overtime tonight to try and skrim out of all this. Wonder if the woman who testifed has a pic of her and the girl in the video. If they were that close of friends there should be pics of her at 14 so the jury can compare.
I’m glad R. Kelly is finally being prosecuted, I mean this mess came out when I was in college and I graduated 6 years ago. I only hope that all R. Kelly’s out there are getting prosecuted though, because they’re way too many of these predatory men being protected in our communities.
I just be glad when this fool goes away…
lock him up already
thank god this sh*t is all coming out. we know he paid her not to testify against him. the clincher will be if sparkle ever takes the stand and she too confirms the girl in the tape being her family memeber. he’s pathetic!
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Chile, you are right I forgot about Sparkle! Wasn’t the girl suppose to have been her niece/cousin or something?! You think he paid Sparkle off? You know she didn’t that one record with him and when this story broke you didn’t hear anything else about her . . .also what about the married couple that found out that their daughter was tip-toeing with him? I can’t remember their names.
Good. Because was walking around here like he was innocent and like he didn’t have these charges against him. This trial is long over due and he needs to get what he deserves.
@ estyle409:
sparkle is the girl’s aunt…i heard rumors that sparkle may have been the one who got ahold of the tape and sent it to the chicago sun-times newspaper…she was on a radio station many years ago and even identified the girl as her neice…we already know he paid the girl off, but i’m wondering if sparkle got some guap as well! sparkle was also upset about her music career not taking off how she expected (she blamed r. kelly)…
estyle4039 Says:
thank god this sh*t is all coming out. we know he paid her not to testify against him. the clincher will be if sparkle ever takes the stand and she too confirms the girl in the tape being her family memeber. he’s pathetic!
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Chile, you are right I forgot about Sparkle! Wasn’t the girl suppose to have been her niece/cousin or something?! You think he paid Sparkle off? You know she didn’t that one record with him and when this story broke you didn’t hear anything else about her . . .also what about the married couple that found out that their daughter was tip-toeing with him? I can’t remember their names.
~~~no, remember R. Kelly and Sparkle had a falling out…and I think it was because the tape had been discovered…+ i think they were messing around as well. so right now she’s bitter, especially since her career hasn’t amounted to anything…i’m sure she can’t wait to testify about what she knows…~~~~
It’s sad that he would prey upon those girls but the fact that he videotaped it is outrageous to me. It just goes to show how cocky he is. He thought it was untouchable. I hope this trial is bringing him back to earth. And there is no way you can convince me that Sparkle didn’t know what was going on with her niece.
sick…
i had always said i didn’t believe that he would be found guilty but i’m starting to change my mind about that. during the opening arguments, his defense first said it wasn’t him because he has a mole on his back and the “person” in the video does not. then, the lawyer went on to say, that’s not the girl on the tape, it was actually a prostitute. well, if Mr. Kelly wasn’t there, then how would they know who it was? stupid…
“As she got older, she started to look more like a woman, and there, she looks like kind of a kid,” Thomas said
This man right here is a genius for pointing that out. Most girls do tend to look more like women when they get older. After all, don’t all girls grow up to be women. I know I did.
“As she got older, she started to look more like a woman, and there, she looks like kind of a kid,” Thomas said.
I thouhgt Thomas comment sounded really stupid. What else does she suppose to look like as she get older….a man!!!
We are talking about the same Peter Thomas who tried to get a book deal since this broke years ago. You know the one who sneaks the Cuban cigars into the US. I know who he is, he is the one who has a baby by his foster daughter (yep, the same who testified for this trial.)
Now wouldn’t you put your faith in them!!
While they are talking about everyone else, they should talk about their sex history.
(and no, I am not on anyone’s payroll, I just happen to know some stuff)
damn augusttee…got anymore u’d like to share?? I sure am willing to listen!!
@brwnsugga4you…
Sparkle was pissed off because Kelly didn’t commit to her and because he wasn’t making her top priority in regardss to her music career… What people fail to realize is that SHE was one of R. Kelly’s “Enable-lers”
How do you think that girl was able to get out and be gone from home the way she was… Sparkle is a Trick anyway
Hey MissR2008
Peter wants to be famous, he is hoping to receive a call from Oprah, but he is more like a candidate for Jerry Springer. Their testimony is as honest and sincere as those email conmen that promise people money. For the one who said Sparkle was pissed, she may have been but not for the reason they gave.
I’m wondering if he’s found guilty will the radio still play the songs of a convicted pedophile?
Too bad his trial isn’t in Turkey, because he would have had his junk chopped off and burned… Nasty perv…
I can’t wait until the mole issue is introduced. I got a feeling we’ll get some laughs out of that one.
umm i don’t see nothing wrong with a little jail timmmmeee i don’t see nothing wrong PERV
Finally…one step closer to justice!!!
Hold on, he had a baby with his foster daughter? He’s just as sick… Oh trust, R. has a kick ass lawyer who waits for a witness to slip so he can pounce on them. I think this is going to be his ammo right here. He’ll mess up the witness’s credibility… He’ll say if that hairstyle was “in” at the time, then it could have been any WOMAN. Trust me, they had 6 yrs to prepare for this bull, they are more than ready. What scares me is I dont think that the prosecution will be able to prove [without a shadow of a doubt] that R. Kelly “raped” this young girl. They’ll admit he has a problem & may succumb to child porn, but he’s not a monster. We just have to keep watching & waiting….
I’m ready for him to be put away already.
They need to lock him up off jump b/c he didn’t have the decency to do something to the shabby ass, dusty ass, dry ass, lint ball, bee dee bee around the hairline braids he’s rockin’.
How you gone present yourself in court with some shabby ass, dusty ass, dry ass braids?
That should 3 years off top!
Ol’ cock-eyed bastard.
Ill miss his music, but wrong is wrong
A guilty verdict will be sweet music to my ears better than any song his has ever put out.
Pardon my typo “He”
The mole issue is up for grabs. Just because he has a mole now, doesn’t mean it was there years ago. I know as I got older, I started getting more moles on my body than before. It is really sad that this grown man has to have these young girls. What’s even sadder is his life is in jeopardy over a willing participant underage or not. Nowadays, no one has to force these young girls to do anything, they are hot to trot. It doesn’t excuse the fact that he should have known better.
@ The Black Katie Couric Says:
I’m wondering if he’s found guilty will the radio still play the songs of a convicted pedophile?
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Black KC!! That is an EXCELLENT QUESTION!!
I know when this story first broke..I struggled with listening to R. Kelley’s music. Than as years past, I started listening again (well..I stopped changing the station).
For the record, I didn’t pay as close attention to RK’s lyrics before the molestation charges.
Folks, Why do you think all his lyrics sound very much like nursery rhymes with beats behind them? To make it easier for THE CHILDREN!! to sing along!
ggouch…..
I think you might have touched on something…….that may be the reason why he calls himself “The Pied Piper” as well…
brwnsugga4you
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Do you think the witness that will be coming forward to testify that she had a threesome with Kels and the young chick in the video was also a minor at the time?
I am not sure if Kels had relations with Sparkle during the time of her music career. She was too old for him then unless he dethroned her when she was a minor and promised her a music career.
Secondly, I’d like to know how old his wife was when he married her . . .She was featured in a small section of Essence/Ebony a few months back, but she never really made any comments on her relationship with Kel. I bet she could write a tell-all, but she probably has a pre-nup or confidentiality agreement.
at first i thought he was going to get off, but now i don’t think so.
well, estyle4039 Says:
ELove Says:
@brwnsugga4you…
Sparkle was pissed off because Kelly didn’t commit to her and because he wasn’t making her top priority in regardss to her music career… What people fail to realize is that SHE was one of R. Kelly’s “Enable-lers”
How do you think that girl was able to get out and be gone from home the way she was… Sparkle is a Trick anyway.
~~~so to answer your question there was probably something there between those two. it probably was just physical…cause it started and ended really fast~~~~