The parents of an R. Kelly accuser tried to get the disgraced R&B singer involved in many of their business deals, including a “Bluetooth dildo” that would function in sync with his music, the singer’s defense attorney said on Tuesday.
The shocking revelation came during cross-examination of “Jane,” a woman who said she was in an abusive five-year relationship with the singer that began when she was 17. Over the last two days on the stand, the now 23-year-old has detailed harrowing allegations of abuse, including being forced to get an abortion in 2017 and having to smear feces on her face as a form of punishment.
Defense attorney Deveraux Cannick, however, focused the beginning of his cross-examination on what he described as the lengths Jane’s parents went to to be a part of Kelly’s inner circle. Jane admitted that her parents tried to get Kelly involved in many of their own business deals—including the electronic sex toy.
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“The feature of this dildo is that when it was in use, it would sync to [R. Kelly’s] music,” Cannick said.
Jane, however, said that while her parents did pitch the idea—and that Kelly asked them for a “proper proposal” on the product—the singer did not ultimately endorse it because “it was not something he could ever do.”
