From the ArcaMax Publishing, Entertainment News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/entertainmenttoday/s-365029-785764
CHICAGO (UPI) -- A witness in R. Kelly's child pornography trial in
Chicago claims she was paid $100,000 to return a sex tape she made
with Kelly and his underage goddaughter.
Kelly, a Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, was acquitted last week of
child pornography charges involving another sex tape prosecutors said
he made with the girl several years ago.
Newly unsealed court documents reveal Lisa Van Allen claimed an
associate of Kelly's paid her the money to give back a tape she
snatched from Kelly's duffel bag with the intention of blackmailing
the singer, the Chicago Tribune said.
Van Allen said in the court documents the tape showed her, Kelly and
the same girl who was the focus Kelly's recent child pornography trial
having sex. She also said one of Kelly's employees threatened her.
No one has been charged in Van Allen's allegations.
The Tribune reported jurors said after the verdict they dismissed Van
Allen's testimony regarding an alleged encounter with Kelly and the
girl largely because of her connections to convicted felons.
"Ms. Van Allen is an admitted thief and liar," Kelly's representative
Allan Mayer told the newspaper. "She wasn't believed in court and she
shouldn't be believed now."