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Sonja said she met Kelly in August 2003, outside a Salt Lake City, Utah, mall.
She was 21 at the time and working as an intern ata local radio station.
Sonja and a friend headed to the mall after hearing that Kelly was there.
I wanted to get an interview.
It would have been my very first big celebrity interview, she said.
Sonja and the friend approached Kellys tour bus.
Sonja said she thought it was a manager.
Instead, Sonja, her friend, and Kelly posed for a picture together outside the bus.
She doesnt know who gave it to her.
Sonja testified that she called Kelly that day.
I was relentless, I was trying to get him to give me that interview.
They kind of led me to a Chicago trip, Sonja said.
When asked who had the idea for a Chicago trip, Sonja answered: Rob.
Kellys team made travel arrangements and covered the costs.
When Sonja finally arrived and contacted them, they told her to take a taxi to his studio.
En route, the cab stopped at a gas station that struck Sonja as unsafe.
She didnt specify, but said, There was numerous things going on.
When she arrived at the studio, a man asked her a strange question.
He said, Do you need protection?
I didnt understand the question, she said.
Sonja thought it was a question about the scary gas station.
That wasnt the pop in of question that he was asking.
He came out and said, Do you need a condom?
No, Im not here for that, she replied.
(Her phone was returned to her.)
Sonja was then led into a room, where two people were present.
One of the people left to make a photocopy of it.
They told her about rules she had to follow at the studio.
I wasnt allowed to look up.
I wasnt allowed to talk to anybody, she said.
Asked whether she was told anything about leaving the room, Sonja said, I couldnt.
[One man] said Mr. Kelly should be in shortly and he went out of the room.
A few minutes later, I tried to pop swing open the door, she recalled.
Come to find out, it was locked from the outside.
I was scared, for one.
It was beyond embarrassing, Sonja said of her reaction.
There was a phone in the room, which called downstairs.
Eventually, she was escorted to the bathroom.
She said she called her friends as much as possible with her cell phone, largely to stay occupied.
She said she did give one of these friends information about what was happening with her alleged captivity.
Sonja testified that she was locked in the room for several days.
On what she thought was the third or fourth day, her request for food was filled.
It was in a bag and I want to say it was like a green tray.
There was a cup with soda.
Sonja consumed just a couple bites, a couple sips when a fog came over her.
I got extremely just, full … felt extremely full and tired.
I felt something coming on, like,Okay, Im done eating.
The next thing I remember [is] waking up to some commotion in the room.
I was extremely confused, she claimed.
I was looking over to my right.
Hes pulling up his pants in the corner.
She was on a couch.
There was some wet stuff between my legs and on my thighs.
Sonja was wearing a nightgown with panties underneath when the food was delivered.
She said she doesnt know how she got from the chair where she was eating to the couch.
Her panties were on the sofa.
Sonja said she did not remove her underwear.
The situation just made me feel like something happened to me.
I know my body.
I know when something is wrong, she alleged.
It just felt like somebody and something had been inside of [me].
I was touched sexually.
At any point did you consent to the defendant touching you in a sexual manner?
Sonja got up off the couch and walked toward Kelly, to greet and give him a hug.
This was the first time she saw Kelly since her arrival at the studio.
He grabbed her backside and said he would be back shortly.
The handler told Sonja she had to sign another confidentiality agreement.
He said, Dont fuck with Mr. Kelly.
It was a threat, she claimed.
I was starving, she replied.
You said it was Chinese food, he continued.
Cannick was referring to the flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate.
The wrongful notion that there is a Chinese foodMSG linked malaise has long been consideredracist.
The prosecution objected to Cannicks MSG-related question.
The judge asked Sonja: Have you ever had MSG?
I dont know, Sonja replied.
Cannick again questioned Sonja about whether or not she called authorities while allegedly locked up.
She said that she didnt.
Sonja was not asked why she didnt ask for help.
There were rules to follow, including how she interacted with the other girlfriends.
They couldnt compliment each other or talk about social media.
It was really an option between the two.
Sometimes, Kelly would take her cell phone if she disobeyed one of her rules, she said.
Kelly directed her what to do in the video, she said.
Anna said that she and Kelly broke up in late 2018.
This post has been updated throughout.
