Daywatch: After two decades, woman identifies herself as teen on infamous R. Kelly sex tape
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The woman had been testifying for more than four hours Thursday about her clandestine sexual relationship with R&B superstar R. Kelly as an impressionable young teenager when she was asked about one of the central mysteries in the case.
Why, after two decades of silence, did she finally decide to come forward and speak out?
“I became exhausted with living with his lies,” she said.
The response punctuated a stunning day at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, where the now-disgraced singer and two former associates stand accused of conspiring to cover up years of Kelly’s sexual misconduct.
Read the full story from Jason Meisner and Megan Crepeau.
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