R. Kelly‘s lawyer is putting the heat on prosecutors to share a video that allegedly shows the disgraced singer sexually assaulting an underage girl.
After a court hearing held Tuesday morning in Chicago, R. Kelly’s defense attorney Steve Greenberg told reporters he is still waiting for prosecutors to make a copy of the tape for him to view,according to multiple reports.
“The state has the tape. I can’t get it from them. They have to produce it,” said Greenberg, according to CBS Chicago. “They have an obligation to produce it. Maybe the squirrels are working slowly.”
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Kelly, 52, isn’t due back in court until June 26 for his criminal case, but he is expected to make an appearance Wednesday for a child support hearing. On March 6, he was escorted out of a Cook County courtroom and taken into custody after failing to pay $161,000 in back child support.
In the lawsuit, which was filed in February, the alleged victim, who is identified in court documents as H.W., claimed that in 1998, when she was 16, Kelly began sexually abusing her, according to theChicago Tribune. She is now 36.
The woman is one of the four alleged victims Kelly wascharged with abusing in February, for which the singer faces 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
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On April 23, a Chicago judge issued a default judgment in the case, as neither Kelly nor his lawyers filed an answer to the suit, or made an appearance in court. He is expected to appear in court Wednesday regarding that case, as well.
The woman’s lawyer, Jeffrey Deutschman, previously told PEOPLE that Kelly was served with the lawsuit while in custody at the Cook County jail in March.
In February, Kelly was indicted on10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse against four victimsand spent the weekend in Cook County Jail afterfailing to post the $100,000cash payment necessary to make bail, according toCNN.
Both Kelly and his attorney have repeatedly denied the abuse allegations made against him, with Greenberg previously telling reporters, “He is a rock star. He doesn’t have to have nonconsensual sex.”
source: people.com
