Yesterday in the R Kelly trial, the defense team brought three of the alleged victim's relatives to the stand who all testified that the girl on the tape is absolutely not who the prosecution says it is, and none of them said they recognized R Kelly as the man on the tape...One of the witnesses did admit that the tape and the case had caused a huge rift in their once-close family, with some members viewing the tape and cooperating with the police and others refusing to. So far seven relatives of the alleged victim have testified, with four saying it was her and three saying it was not. Neither the victim nor her parents are expected on the stand. Also, a law clerk working for the for the defense testified that Lisa Van Allen, whose testimony last week was the only one to place R Kelly in bed with the minor, offered her silence to R Kelly for $300,000.00. The clerk testified that Lisa's boyfriend told him at a meeting in Georgia last month, “Lisa doesn’t have to testify in court if things are made right”. The clerk said that while Lisa was at the hotel lobby meeting, her boyfriend did all the talking, but that Lisa kept nodding her head in agreement.
