According to the Chicago Tribune, newly unsealed documents from the R. Kelly trial include a star witness' claim that she was paid $100,000 from an associate of the R&B superstar in exchange for a sex tape depicting child pornography.
Lisa Van Allen also accused one of the singer's employees of threatening her life, according to the document.
Van Allen, 27, testified during the trial that Kelly once videotaped a three-way sexual encounter in which he, Van Allen and his then-underage goddaughter participated. Van Allen later admitted that she stole the tape from Kelly's duffel bag and tried to blackmail him.
A jury acquitted Kelly last week of child pornography charges stemming from another sex tape that prosecutors said showed him engaging in sex acts with his teenage goddaughter. After the verdict, jurors said they discounted Van Allen's testimony largely because of her close ties to convicted felons.
After interviewing Van Allen in March, Cook County prosecutors prepared a document outlining her allegations. The document, like many connected to this case, was sealed from public view by Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan before the trial. Despite legal challenges from the media, the judge said the paperwork had to remain secret in order to preserve Kelly's right to a fair tria.
Gaughan unsealed the documents for the first time Tuesday. No one has been charged in connection Van Allen's allegations.
"Ms. Van Allen is an admitted thief and liar," Kelly spokesman Allan Mayer said. "She wasn't believed in court and she shouldn't be believed now."
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Thursday 26 June 2008
R.Kelly Trial Aftermath: Witness Claims $100,000 Pay Off In Unsealed Records
Wednesday 18 June 2008
Daniel Craig suffers minor injury on Bond set
Agent 007 still has all of his digits. Daniel Craig was sent to the hospital after suffering a minor hand injury while filming the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" at Pinewood Studios near London.
"There was a minor incident on set," Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group spokesman Steve Elzer told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "Daniel injured his hand. He sought medical attention. He was back on the set within a matter of hours and production went on."
An e-mail and phone call to the 40-year-old British actor's publicist was not immediately returned Wednesday.
It's not the first accident that's occurred during filming for "Quantum of Solace." Stuntmen were injured while filming an action sequence on famously winding lakeside roads in Northern Italy in April. Neither Craig, director Marc Forster or any other cast members were at the location when those accidents occurred.
"Quantum of Solace" is the 22nd Bond film and is scheduled for release later this year.
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Monday 9 June 2008
Jessica Alba - Albas Pregnancy Was No Accident
Actress JESSICA ALBA insists her pregnancy was no "accident" - because she and fiance CASH WARREN failed to practice safe sex.
The star - who is expected to give birth to her first child next month (Jun08) - never predicted she would be pregnant at the age of 27, but she openly admits she wasn't being "careful" with contraception.
She tells America's Allure magazine, "I can't say it was a total accident. Because you're aware of when you're being careful and when you're not. It just happened so soon.
"I never believed women had to be virgins when they got married, or that a woman has to fall in love with a guy just because they're having sex. I don't think sex is a big deal."
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Sunday 1 June 2008
Sex And The City - Sex Star Garson To Be A Dad
SEX AND THE CITY star WILLIE GARSON is to be a dad.
The actor, who plays flamboyant Stanford Blatch in the new film and TV series, revealed his adoption of a little boy from Los Angeles County is in the final stages on the red carpet of the Sex And The City: The Movie premiere in New York on Tuesday night (27May08).
Garson, who has been taking parenting classes, said, "My kid's going to be the coolest."
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