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R. Kelly accuser says singer made her wear pigtails and dress like a Girl Scout

  • Jerhonda Pace, now 28, says the R&B star videotaped their sexual activity when she was still a minor
  • She also had to follow ‘Rob’s rules’, including asking for permission to go to the bathroom and calling Kelly ‘Daddy’

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Singer R. Kelly appears at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago in June 2018. Photo: TNS
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A key prosecution witness against R. Kelly at his sex abuse trial testified on Thursday that the R&B singer videotaped their sexual activity when she was 16 and insisted she dress like a Girl Scout.

Jerhonda Pace, 28, appeared for her second day on the witness stand, as the first of many prosecution witnesses expected to testify in Brooklyn federal court against the 54-year-old Kelly.

The singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, has pleaded not guilty to a nine-count indictment accusing him of dominating and demanding absolute commitment from women and girls he abused in a two-decade racketeering scheme.

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Prosecutors said the three-time Grammy winner, whose songs include I Believe I Can Fly and Bump N’ Grind, used an entourage of managers, bodyguards and others to recruit victims, and threatened to blackmail them if they fled.

R. Kelly accuser Jerhonda Pace (left) walks into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse for the singer’s first hearing in Chicago. in February 2019. Photo: Chicago Sun-Times via AP
R. Kelly accuser Jerhonda Pace (left) walks into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse for the singer’s first hearing in Chicago. in February 2019. Photo: Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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Pace is one of six alleged victims named in the indictment.

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