Fifty prosecution and protection witnesses took the stand throughout the five-week trial, together with victims who have been recognized as "Jane Does" in Kelly's indictments. There have been 45 prosecution witnesses.
Jane Doe 1 was the singer Aaliyah, who died in 2001.
Jurors heard from a number of witnesses who have been current at her marriage to Kelly on August 31, 1994, when he was 27 and he or she was 15. Prosecutors confirmed copies of the couple's marriage license utility, which listed Aaliyah's age as 18 on the time of their wedding ceremony, in addition to their marriage license and marriage certification.
Kelly's former tour supervisor, Demetrius Smith, testified reluctantly that he bribed a employee at a welfare workplace within the Chicago space to create a welfare ID for Aaliyah.
"I made her (the welfare office worker) an offer and she took the money," Smith testified. "I gave her $500."
While the ID didn't checklist Aaliyah's date of start, an Illinois official testified on September 15 that, typically, an individual needs to be a minimum of 18 to acquire that specific sort of ID.
Nathan Edmond, a minister who married the 2, spoke publicly for the primary time in regards to the marriage whereas testifying Sept. 1 mentioned he met the couple the day he married them.
"I didn't think it was anybody special. I didn't understand it at all," Edmond testified.
Jurors additionally heard from a girl who recognized herself solely as Stephanie, who mentioned she met Kelly at an occasion in Chicago in 1999 when she was 17, and that he ultimately invited her to his studio.
"I remember him asking me my age," Stephanie testified. "When I said I was 17, he said it was fine."
Stephanie testified that Kelly sexually abused her when she was 17, and recorded them having intercourse. He paid for her journey to Florida to satisfy him on her 18th birthday and he or she stopped talking with him shortly after the journey. She described fearing his offended outbursts, saying he would yell at her in public locations.
A former radio intern who recognized herself as Sonja testified that Kelly invited her to journey to Chicago to interview him at his studio in 2003 when she was 21 and that after she arrived, an worker put her in a room that Sonja rapidly realized was "locked from the outside." She mentioned she was saved within the room for a number of days, sometimes set free to go to the lavatory and bathe.
"The door was locked. I wanted to get out," Sonja testified.
Sonja testified she misplaced consciousness after consuming her first meal in days and noticed Kelly adjusting his pants when she awoke. She testified that she believed he sexually assaulted her when she was unconscious.
"I was sexually assaulted," Sonja testified. "There was something in me that wasn't wanted."
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