In one of week's more dramatic moments, Assistant U.S. She said behind the scenes, he once "pulled out an iPad and he told me to make a video saying that my father had molested me." She called her father "a manipulative liar" for suggesting she'd been brainwashed.īut on the witness stand, the woman claimed her statements were orchestrated by Kelly to give him cover. Kelly "confided in me later it was not something he could ever do," she said.Ī complication for the woman was that, well before the trial, she had done an interview with Gayle King on "CBS This Morning" where she expressed her devotion to Kelly and disavowed her parents. Even for him, that went too far, she said. She conceded on cross-examination that one idea was to market an R. The woman testified that her parents had at first encouraged her relationship with Kelly and even pitched ideas for their own business ventures with him. Much of the testimony of a key accuser focused on a tug of war between her parents and R. "At that point, I wasn't happy, my wife wasn't happy and Rob wasn't happy," he said. Quitting his job with Kelly was the only option, he said. The witness said when his boss arrived, he abruptly canceled the outing and sent everyone home.Īrnold said his wife noticed his next paycheck was docked a week's pay - $1,500 - as an apparent "fine" for the transgression. However this time, the only person available was a man. He ran into a glitch on the third.Īny time Kelly visited the Magic Kingdom, there was an edict that he "needed a woman to be the guide," Arnold told the jury. One example was a failed attempt to organize a 2011 trip to Disney World for Kelly's entourage that included, as always, "female guests."Īrnold was ordered to pull the trip off on short notice, booking hotel rooms, arranging transportation and hiring a VIP tour guide for the theme park. Many of Kelly's draconian tendencies in running an empire headquartered in custom mansions and music studios were detailed by a former employee named Tom Arnold. They allege his tutelage was merely a ploy to take advantage of the girls, leading them down a path of sexual degradation.Ī prosecutor asked the woman what steps Kelly took to back up promises to help launch her career. Her edge was a professionally made music video for a single she wrote, titled "Liar Liar."Īsked for input, Kelly "said that he did like it and that it was cute and that it wasn't too grown or too sexy," she said.īut prosecutors say Kelly was the liar. But he quickly lost patience because "he wasn't thrilled about my mom being with us," she said.Īnother witness who said she had formal training as a performer got a little further with Kelly - or so it seemed. One told the jury Kelly invited her and a friend to his studio to hear the friend sing. But Kelly, they said, only feigned interest. Two Kelly accusers, both testifying without revealing their true identities, said that at age 17 they sought his help launching their music careers, or those of others. Here are snapshots from week two of the case:
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Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City proved to be an exercise by prosecutors to paint the "I Believe I Can Fly" R&B star as a man-child control freak and a compulsive sex offender who exploited vulnerable victims way less than half his age while ordering them to call him "Daddy."ĭefense attorneys for the now 54-year-old entertainer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, countered by seeking to portray the accusers as lying opportunists trying to leverage Kelly's fame. NEW YORK (AP) - The second week of the R.
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