R.Kelly paid $2m to silence girl: lawyer

By Don Babwin
Updated July 16 2019 - 2:18pm, first published 2:15pm
R.Kelly "bought his acquittal" by paying an alleged victim not to take the stand, a lawyer says.
R.Kelly "bought his acquittal" by paying an alleged victim not to take the stand, a lawyer says.

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti says R&B singer R.Kelly paid $US2 million to keep the alleged victim in a child pornography case off the witness stand during a 2008 trial that ended with his acquittal on all charges.

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