Two more women on Thursday accused R. Kelly of sexually assaulting them as teens, the latest in a slew of lurid allegations against the R&B superstar.
Speaking at a press conference earlier today, the women- identified as Latrice and Rochelle – along with their lawyer, Gloria Allred, gave their accounts of their experiences with Kelly.
Latrice says she was 16 years old when she and Rochelle, then 15, saw R. Kelly perform at the Baltimore Arena (now Royal Farms Arena) in 1996, attended an after-party, were given drugs and alcohol, and then were taken to Kelly’s hotel room.
According to Latrice, one of Kelly’s handlers told the teenage girls to prepare to “pull up [their] dresses” before Kelly entered the room, and they complied.
“Mr. Kelly was wearing jeans and a white T-shirt. His penis was out and over top of his pants,” Latrice said during the press conference. Kelly then allegedly asked the girls to participate in a threesome with him, a request that Rochelle denied. She then went to the bathroom.
Kelly then reportedly proceeded to have sexual intercourse with Latrice, “even though I did not have the capacity to consent,” she says.
“When I met him, I was happy because I was young and starstruck. However, now that I’m an adult, I feel hurt by what he did to me when I was only 16 years old and under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, which was given to me at that party.”
Allred stated during the press conference that both women will be speaking with law enforcement to give their testimonies.
Last week, reports surfaced of a new videotape of R. Kelly allegedly participating in sex acts with a 14-year-old girl. The tape was handed over to law enforcement and viewed independently by CNN.
A report by The New Yorker stated that an indictment against Kelly was possible following the new videotape.
