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For more than two weeks,R.
Kelly appeared unmoved even during testimony regarding his now-deceased child bride,Aaliyah.
Later, Kelly indisputably grooved to his music when clips were heard in court.
All of this unfolded during testimony from Faith, the sixth accuser to take the stand against Kelly.
Her sister, 36, was a fan of R. Kelly and had tickets.
After arriving at the show, they moved to a section closer to the stage because they couldnt see.
They said that he was having an after-party.
They had shirts with his face on it.
On the back it said STAFF.
After the show, Faiths sister went backstage, while she went to retrieve her car from the valet.
About 30 other people were in there, the overwhelming majority of whom were females.
Kelly was not there.
When Kelly eventually walked in, he just stood there.
All the females got very excited and took their phones out for pictures.
Kelly said no phones, and they lined up to give him a hug.
Faiths sister stood in line and met him.
Kelly wound up approaching Faith, and told her to grab his hand.
Shortly after that, he handed me a piece of paper with two of his phone numbers.
Kelly told her, Dont make a big deal about it … dont tell anyone.
Right away, she was super excited.
Out of all the girls in there, he looked at you, she recalled her sister saying.
She was really more excited than me.
When Faith got home, she texted Kelly her name and a selfie.
When Faith woke up the next morning, she saw a text from him.
He was very friendly, said he remembered me … that I was pretty, Faith said.
Kelly invited her to a local recording studio.
They kept texting, then moved to phone calls, then FaceTime.
In their initial conversations, he seemed really down to earth thats what surprised me.
He referenced himself as Daddy and told Faith to call him that.
He called me and said, Hey, baby.
Faith recalled that she didnt call him daddy during that call.
Kelly said, Lets try this again and hung up the phone.
He called me and said, Hey, baby.
Kelly said I love you the first week of their correspondence.
I said, Really?
She didnt respond in kind until later on.
She contacted his assistant, as Kelly had instructed.
The assistant sent Faith the wrong plane ticket.
It was for someone else.
She was weirded out and told Kelly as much.
He kind of, like, laughed at me, she said.
If I wanted to hang with him, I couldnt be insecure.
Kelly invited her to New York in May 2017.
He bought the plane ticket and accommodation.
When Faith landed, she was told to go to a Hilton in Huntington.
She ultimately made it to a theater in Westbury, where his assistant was waiting with tickets at will-call.
She went backstage before the show.
He came in after getting a haircut … full [of] energy, she said.
He was like, Give me a kiss.
She gave him a peck.
He looked at me like, Give me a tongue kiss.
I may have to teach you how to kiss.
After the show, Faith went back to the hotel.
She went to bed wearing gym shorts and a T-shirt.
I received a phone call, Faith remembered.
He told me he was about to come up.
A couple of seconds later, I heard a knock at my door.
Kelly complained that she was wearing clothes.
He tells me to turn on ESPN.
He strips down from his waist down, only waist down.
He asked her to undress, and she disrobed to her panties and bra.
Come rub on Daddy, he told her.
I start massaging his shoulder … he takes my wrist and put it on his penis.
I told him I wasnt ready for sex, she said.
He says, Well, Im at my best when Im wanted.
It was like a poke, Faith said.
He like, literally spread me open it felt like I was being examined by an ob-gyn.
I was just kind of like,ugh, I dont know how to react to that.
He then gave her oral sex and told her to flip over.
She did so and noticed there was an iPad.
He started engaging in sexual intercourse with her.
I said, Are you going to use a condom?
He said, I dont need a condom.
The whole time, she said, he he told her what to say and what noises to make.
After the sex ended, he told me there was a lot to learn when it came to sex.
I was like, Im not 16, Im 19.
He then put on his clothes, grabbed the iPad, and left.
I was embarrassed because I was like,Am I bad at sex?
Kelly arranged for her to travel to see him on several more occasions.
She said that Kelly took videos of them engaging in sex acts, as well as during nonsexual encounters.
During one visit in Los Angeles, Kelly frightened her into performing oral sex, she alleged.
She last saw Kelly in February 2018 in Manhattan.
Faith said she wanted to see how things would go, given that alleged incident in California.
She went to the Mondrian Hotel and met his assistant on the 18th floor as instructed.
The assistant then led her into his suite.
Kelly was not present.
Faith, who had arrived early in the morning, went to bed.
Kelly knocked and she went to the door.
Kelly told Faith to take off her clothes and pestered her about kissing him.
He then told Faith to touch herself.
I was like, I cant do this.
I follow him into the bedroom.
He asked me to lie on my back, she recalled.
He started to penetrate me …
I was clenching on purpose.
He was getting frustrated.
He couldnt get inside me.
He was, like, grunting.
Hes telling me to relax Im not relaxing.
Kelly then sat up and went into the suites main room.
He got his iPad.
He started jacking off it was, like, high speed.
Faith said she could hear him watching a video with other female voices.
At this point during Faiths testimony, Kelly shook his head and put his face into his palms.
Shortly thereafter, he dropped his head down.
He shook his head again a moment later.
In the hotel room, Kelly went to sleep.
Faith heard back-to-back notifications on his phone.
She saw a group-text chain with someone named Mamma Bear.
I didnt want to be a part of this, she recalled thinking.
Kellys assistant knocked at the door, and he woke up.
At this point during Faiths testimony, Kelly shook his head again.
Better luck next time, he allegedly told her.
Because you are, and Im a fucking legend.
Im not one of those n-s you fuck with, Kelly allegedly responded.
He and his assistant left.
Faith left and returned to Texas.
On the fourth day of having a cold, my mouth had bumps everywhere, she said.
My mouth was inflamed with bumps.
Faith sent a picture to her sister, whos a nurse.
She said, That looks like herpes.
Faith went to a clinic and got tested for herpes.
Did he tell you he had herpes?
the prosecution asked her several points during her testimony.
Did he wear a condom?
Faith said she had reached out to Kelly several times after her diagnosis but he never responded.
I knew it was him.
Faith said she and an attorney went to the Dallas police department to file a report in April 2018.
(One of her visits to Kelly was in Dallas.)
Kelly wound up calling her late at night.
Faith managed to secretly connect her lawyer on the call, so they could record it.
But Kelly wouldnt talk about herpes.
Part of prosecutors questioning of Faith involved providing documents that corroborated her allegations.
Some of this included showing videos to jurors that he had taken of Faith.
(Because of the brevity of the clips, its unclear which of his songs were playing.)
When Kellys music was played, he bobbed his head.
You made the decision?
Youre not a victim?
Correct, she said.
The prosecution pointed to another statement where Faith said she didnt like the term survivor.
The prosecution also addressed Cannicks discussion of choice.
The defendant also made some choices, they said.
The defendant chose not to tell you he had herpes, correct?
Correct, Faith replied.
Kellys newly animated demeanor wasnt the only peculiar twist today.
One of the individuals viewing Kellys trial approached a witnesss family member as they were leaving court.
