![]() ![]() Pace, curious and a big fan of Kelly's music, testified Wednesday she saw Kelly in person for the first time during that trial when she showed up outside the courthouse. Multiple photos of Pace as a teen, including one of her holding a news article about Kelly's 2008 trial on child pornography charges in Chicago (he was acquitted), were entered as evidence. Kelly has pleaded not guilty. If convicted on all charges, he faces 10 years to life in prison. Pace, 28, who is pregnant and said she is due any day, was the first witness called to testify against Kelly, who the prosecution team has accused of leading "a criminal enterprise" of managers, bodyguards and other employees who helped him recruit women and underage girls for sex and pornography, and to cross state lines for that purpose. Kelly faces his first trial on sex-trafficking charges “Would you categorize yourself as a groupie?” Cannick asked Pace. “No,” she replied. Did she remember how many times she waited outside of his home?ĭoes she still hope to be in a relationship again with Kelly? Pace denied that.Ī key element of Kelly's defense asserted by his lawyers is that the singer was victimized by "groupies" who sought him out at his concerts, then turned against him years later when public controversy about his alleged sexual abuse of women and girls exploded in the media. Did she remember having a video recorded of herself waiting outside of Kelly’s home? Yes, but she couldn't remember if she was alone. “You were in fact stalking him, right?” Cannick asked.Ĭannick asked whether she remembered once telling someone she drove by Kelly's house "over 30 times"? She said she didn't. Jerhonda Johnson Pace cross-examination continues on Day 2 of sex-trafficking trialĮarlier, Deveraux Cannick, one of Kelly's defense lawyers, began cross-examining Pace by trying to show she mixed up dates about her first encounters with Kelly and that she deceived him by at first lying about herself and her age. ![]() ![]() On redirect, prosecutors sought to clarify McGrath's testimony: Under their questions, McGrath said he did diagnose Kelly with genital herpes, there was no doubt about it, he informed Kelly and told him to tell his sexual partners. On cross-examination, one of Kelly's lawyers, Nicole Blank Becker, called into question the doctor's eventual diagnosis of herpes. “I feel that 100% he has herpes,” McGrath said. When she asked if Valtrex was used to treat anything other than herpes, McGrath said he uses it to treat “herpes, herpes, herpes.” He said he called in Valtrex prescriptions for Kelly “so often I remember the phone number of that Walgreens,” Kelly’s preferred pharmacy. He prescribed a medication, Valtrex, to treat some of Kelly's symptoms, since at least 2007, he said, but could not say specifically when he concluded Kelly actually had herpes. In June 2000, Kelly came in for "an irritated penis." McGrath said he ordered a herpes test, which came back negative, but he told the jury that depending on timing such tests can have false negative results. “I did not conclude he did not have herpes” at that time, he testified. ![]()
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