So far there's only been one day of testimony in the R Kelly child pornography case, but boy is it fire...Yesterday, after viewing the tape in open court, the underage girl in the video and R Kelly were both positively identified by the victim's former best friend of ten years, Simha Jamison, Simha's father, and the victim's own aunt, who happens to be a Chicago police officer. The former friend told the court that her ex-pal’s father introduced them to R Kelly at a Chicago gym called Hoops when both girls were 12 years old. Simha said the girl referred to Kelly as her Godfather and that they hung out at his home many times. She told the court that Kelly often gave her friend money so they could go on shopping sprees, never less than $100.00 and not more than $500.00. She also identified the distinctive log cabin style sauna where the video was shot. The defense countered that all three were trying to extort money from his client and that the video could have been altered to add Kelly's head to the body on the video.
