R Kelly’s Duffel Bag Of Sex

The prosecutions start witness Lisa Van Allen testified that Kelly carried around a duffel bag filled with his homemade sex tapes. He did this, she said, not for safety purposes, but more because he liked to keep them close by.

Van Allen is the other woman in the tapes and the one of legal age. She had a relationship with Kelly, from early 1998 to 2001, visiting him in Chicago, staying in hotels and at his studio, touring with him, as well as appearing in two of his videos.

The first threesome with the underage girl happened in 1998 in Kelly’s house in the 1000 block of West George, according to Van Allen — in the same “log cabin room” where prosecutors allege the videotape at issue in the case was filmed.

Van Allen said Kelly told her the girl was 16, though prosecutors contend she was as young as 13. Van Allen testified that Kelly videotaped the threesome — a tape separate from the one at the heart of the current case.

A year later, the trio had sex again — this time on Kelly’s indoor basketball court, she testified.

Van Allen wept as she described how Kelly put a futon mattress on the court. It was during that three-way encounter that she cried, Van Allen said, prompting Kelly to stop the videotaping.

The three had sex again in 2000 inside Kelly’s trailer at a video shoot in Chicago, Van Allen said.

The defense is trying to paint Van Allen as a liar and a thief, as well as claim that the man in the video is not R. Kelly, but someone else who has been digitally edited to that looks like him.

The guy sounds as guilty as sin, but probably has a good chance of getting off if his defense team is up to the task. Celebrities often get a lot of leniency with juries. [Source]