A key witness in the R. Kelly child pornography case, Lisa Van Allen, has told officials she felt threatened and feared she might be killed, it's been revealed.

The woman, who testified she had a 3some with the singer and the teenager in the sex tape, said an employee of Kelly's told her she should have been killed for testifying against the R&B singer.

Van Allen, Kelly's former mistress, testified that he had videotaped her in a three-way with him and his then-underage goddaughter. Jurors however, could not verify that it was indeed the goddaughter on tape.

Even though most of them agreed it WAS R. Kelly on the tape!

Van Allen also testified that Derrel McDavid, Kelly's business manager, paid her $20k to turn over to Kelly a copy of that videotape.

Unfortunately for Van Allen, and luckily for Kelly, the jurors didn't find her to be a credible source.

Allan Mayer, Kelly's spokesman, added, "In her testimony in court, Miss Van Allen revealed herself to be a thief and a liar and she wasn't believed in the courtroom so there's no reason to believe her now."

Thankfully she wasn't killed, though.

They should have just paid her off. No need for threats!

We wonder if the goddaughter was paid off as well….

What do U think?

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After all these years R. Kelly finally went to trial on his child pornography charges and a jury has found him….

Not guilty on all counts!

Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!
Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!
Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!
Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!
Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!
Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!
Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!

Acquitted on all charges.

Thoughts????

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We are just moments away from the verdict being read in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.

The singer is charged with 14 counts of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl, who prosecutors say was 13 or 14 at the time the tape was made.

If convicted, Kelly faces a minimum of four years in jail and a maximum of 15 years.

He would also have to register as a sex offender in Illinois.

Though the verdict will be read within moments, sentencing will come at a later time.

Stay tuned!

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A Chicago jury has reached a verdict in the R. Kelly child pornography trial, court officials say.

The verdict will be read at 3:00 P.M. Eastern.

Fasten your seatbelts!

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Jury deliberation time is almost upon us!

The R. Kelly defense team has rested its case.

According to reports, the alleged child pornographer 'looked relaxed' as one of his attorneys rested the case without calling any witnesses for the day.

Jurors are back in court Tuesday, when prosecutors plan to call two rebuttal witnesses.

Closing arguments are likely to begin Thursday.

Finally!

There better be no hung jury!!!!!

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The court drama continues in R. Kelly's child pornography case.

It turns out the defense is trying to use R. Kelly's mole like they did with O.J. Simpson's glove.

If the mole isn't on film is fake, it ain't him!

Now, a new forensic video analyst has just testified that the blemish on R. Kelley's back is not identical to the "dark mark" seen on the man in the video.

Apparently, Kelly's mole looks like a caterpillar-shaped mark along his spine.

Sexy!

So what exactly are they watching on the tape? ???

Well, turns out you can only see R. Kelly's back in the video for less than a second! Analysts have had to freeze-frame the image to point out the mole they can see to the left of the spine.

However, yesterday Kelly's team brought in their own expert who claimed the markings were "artifacts" which were only created due to the tapes poor quality and multiple copies.

Of course his expert is gonna say that!

The analyst, Charles Palm, cropped the almost half-second footage into about 23 individual frames.

And the mark along the spine?

It can only be seen in two of the frames. The rest of the frames show no marking.

Interesting.

Palm says, "There were marks on the [man's back] that came and went. Basically, they are artifacts that bled into the image."

To reinforce the idea, defense attorney Marc Martin showed each frame and asked Palm whether he saw a mole.

And to counter the remark made by the prosecution that it would take about 44 years to create such a perfectly, doctored video, Palm stated that a professional could have easily added in the mole.

And to help prove his point, he showed a video he made in which the two people on tape just disappear from the room in which it was recorded. And then showed another clip where he removed their heads. He said both editings took him just two afternoons.

But one thing Palm couldn't do was confirm the video had been doctored.

To that he said, "With this quality of video, you really can't tell one way or the other."

Kelly should just try and work out a plea deal, says we. That'd be the safe bet!

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The soap opera continues!

Will justice prevail???

On Wednesday, three relatives of the gal who allegedly appeared to have sex with R. Kelly as a 13 year old in the infamous video tape, testified on behalf of the defense.

All three witnesses claimed that the gal did not appear on the tape.

To date, seven of the alleged abuse victim's relatives have taken the stand.

Prior to Wednesday, four family members testified on behalf of the prosecution and confirmed the girl's identity in the vid.

They said vs they said!

When prosecutors pressed one of the 'defense' relatives about whether the alleged victim's family "has pretty much split in half as a result of this incident," the relative answered softly, "Yes."

Sad.

Also, in an attempt to discredit the 3some lady (one of the prosecution's key witnesses) the defense revealed on Wednesday that she had her baby daddy approach R. Kelly about a $300K payment to 'keep quiet'.

We hope the defense wraps up their part of the case soon.

We want the jury to go into deliberations!

We want a decision!!!

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Another day in the R. Kelly child porno trial means another day of craziness from the witness stand!

Jim DeRogatis, a Chicago Sun-Times reporter who received the videotape at the center of the trial and turned it into authorities, refused to answer all the questions that were hurled his way on the stand Wednesday.

According to reports, he cited an Illinois law that governs reporters' rights and the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in refusing to answer questions.

DeRogatis read the statement more than a dozen times in response to questions, including whether he once made a copy of the sex tape.

Defense attorneys have said that copying the tape would have been a crime.

After DeRogatis' 10 minutes on the stand, the judge said reporters' privileges don't apply.

But the judge ruled that DeRogatis doesn't have to testify based on his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Inneresting!!!!!!

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The 3some lady, Lisa Van Allen, finally testified in the R. Kelly child porno trial on Monday, and boy were her revelations shocking and disturbing.

- Van Allen revealed that she did the 3some thing with R. Kelly and the underaged girl on 3 different occasions. Kelly supposedly told Van Allen that the girl central to the case was 16, though prosecutors argue she was as young as 13.

- The witness identified the girl in the videotape saying she looked "just exactly how I remember her" — even remembering her breasts.

- She identified Kelly by "his bald head, his hands, his genitals, his back — everything."

- During the filming of one of the Van Allen 3 somes, R. Kelly cut off the filming when Van Allen started crying during three-way sex with the underage girl.

- R. Kelly carried a duffel bag filled with homemade sex videotapes wherever he went, according to Van Allen. The tapes Kelly liked went with him to his recording studio, to his favorite basketball gym and to video shoots. Van Allen stated, "Wherever he was at, the [duffel] bag would follow."

- Van Allen claimed Kelly's business manager, Derrel McDavid, paid her and another man $20,000 each for the return of a sex tape.

To discredit Van Allen the defense revealed to the jury that Van Allen did not contact prosecutors until earlier this year, right after Georgia authorities charged her baby daddy with illegally having an AK-47 and drugs. The baby daddy got probation. The defense were also able to get Van Allen to admit that she stole a Rolex from Kelly.

R. Kelly's business manager, McDavid, said through a mouthpiece, "Lisa Van Allen is an admitted thief and a liar, who wouldn't know the truth if she tripped over it. If there was any crime committed here, it was her attempt to extort money from R. Kelly."

Wonder if any other witness can top Van Allen?

It's time for the defense to razzle dazzle!

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