A former assistant to R. Kelly has testified against the singer that she once saw him engage in sexual activity with one of the women he is charged with abusing.
On the 18th day of testimony at Kelly’s trial in federal court in Brooklyn, Cheryl Mack, the mother of music producer London on da Track, said she saw Kelly begin to massage the woman while backstage at a Connecticut concert where he was performing.
“That was kind of my cue to leave,” Mack said. “I was very uncomfortable.” She said that as she left the room, she caught a glimpse of the woman moving her head toward Kelly’s groin.
Mack also said Kelly lost his temper in 2015 after she supposedly ruined a surprise birthday party for former stylist Kash Howard and had her sign an “apology letter” that included false claims she accepted kickbacks from booking agents.
“I apologised out of fear,” Mack said.
Several witnesses have testified that Kelly made them write apology letters, purportedly to absolve him of misconduct.
The disgraced singer, 54, has pleaded not guilty to charges over his alleged grooming and preying on women and girls as far back as the mid-1990s, when he shot to stardom with music including the 1996 smash I Believe I Can Fly.
