May 27 2008
Celebrity Sex Trial and Brangelina’s New Pad
Jury Views Child Sex Tape At R. Kelly Trial
R. Kelly arrives at court before trial
The jury in r&b singing sensation R. Kelly’s sex trial spent 21 minutes watching people’s exhibit no. 1, the infamous sex tape which prosecutors claim involves the singer and a then under age teen. Kelly, 41, appeared uncomfortable while viewing the tape on a small monitor at the defense table.
Jurors also seemed uncomfortable viewing parts of the video, which begins with a man handing money to a young girl, and progresses into scenes showing the girl urinating on the floor while dancing, and ending with the man urinating on the girl.
The singer, known for such provocative songs as “Bump N Grind” and “Trapped In The Closet”, won a grammy in 1997 for “I Believe I Can Fly”. He has adamantly denied that he is the man in the video since the film first started circulating in the internet, and has been able to avoid court proceedings since charges were first filed in 2002.
Prosecutors believe that the movie was shot between 1998 and 2000, when the now 23 year old woman would have been in her early teens. The girl, who also denies being the girl in the video, is reportedly the niece of a former Kelly employee.
Brad and Angelina’s Posh New Digs
It seems headlining the celebrity circuit at Cannes wasn’t all that the Hollywood power couple was up to this weekend. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have added to their real estate holdings by purchasing reportedly shelling out more than $70 million for a 1000 acre estate located in the south of France.
The couple, who are expecting twins, currently own homes in Malibu and Santa Barbara, California, and another in New Orleans, where Pitt is active in rebuilding the city after Hurricane Katrina. They also own homes in Berlin, Germany and a farmhouse in Buckinghamshire, England.
Their new neighbors in France will include Johnny Depp and Bono.
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