More pop courts, and back to the R Kelly trial, which kicked off in Chicago this week. And you'll remember that the whole case is centring on who, exactly, is in this sex tape that was shown to the court on Tuesday. The prosecution are convinced that not only is the guy in it Mr Kelly, but that they know who the girl is too – which is how they know that she was underage when the video was made between 1998 and 2000.
The defence claim that not only is the guy in the video not Kelly, but that the girl that the prosecution have identified isn't in it either. Their claim is aided by the identified girl herself, who denies that it is her. However, the prosecution continued their case yesterday by wheeling in one Simha Jamison, a friend of the alleged victim, who says that it is, in fact, her friend in the vid. Are you following all this, yes?
Jamison told the court yesterday the she and her friend, the alleged victim, were best friends throughout school, and that they both visited Kelly at both his recording studio and a Chicago basketball court on "dozens of occasions" while they were about 12. They also visited the house where the prosecution claim the sex tape was filmed. They are claims that certainly help the prosecution's case, which is hindered by the fact it is not especially easy to make out the identities of the two people in the video, although the defence will presumably try to pull her claims to pieces when they cross-examine her later today.
Kelly is accused of filming himself having sex with an underage girl, and faces 15 years in jail if found guilty. The case continues.