{"id":39151,"date":"2021-08-25T01:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/i-was-coached-forced-to-lie-during-2019-interview\/"},"modified":"2021-08-25T01:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T19:32:29","slug":"i-was-coached-forced-to-lie-during-2019-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/i-was-coached-forced-to-lie-during-2019-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"I was coached, forced to lie during 2019 interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>One of R. Kelly\u2019s accusers said on Tuesday she was forced to lie and coached by the fallen R&amp;B star during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XQyhOryuTuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2019 interview during which she defended<\/a> him against allegations of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, who testified in Brooklyn federal court that she had a years-long relationship with the singer starting when she was 17, said she and another alleged victim were prodded to do the now-infamous CBS interview with Gayle King.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, identified as Jane Doe 5, said Kelly remained in the room to make sure they stayed on script.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKelly was in the hotel room,\u201d said the woman, now 23. \u201cHe did a cough that he usually does so everyone knows he is there. Letting us know that he was in the room with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Doe vehemently defended Kelly, saying she and the other woman were in a consensual relationship with the singer and accusing her parents of lying about the arrangement. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Jane Doe No. 5 is cross-examined by Deveraux Cannick as she testifies during Kelly\u2019s sex abuse trial at Brooklyn\u2019s Federal District Court in New York on Aug. 24, 2021, in a courtroom sketch. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, she said Kelly had the two women do the March 8, 2019, interview with King to counter the claims in the Netflix series \u201cSurviving R. Kelly,\u201d which detailed years of abuse of young women by the singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would asks us to write down questions and answers when we were alone to go over with him,\u201d Doe testified.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2019 interview, Doe was at times combative with King, claiming she was in love and \u201cin a relationship\u201d with Kelly, sugarcoating what she now recalls as an abusive, controlling relationship that lasted for years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re with him,\u201d she told King at the time. \u201cAnd we\u2019re in a relationship with him. We both have our individual relationships with him and we all are family, all together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-medium-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322\" alt=\"R. Kelly\" class=\"wp-image-19229254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=644 644w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=482 483w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=322 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=161 161w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\"\/><figcaption>R. Kelly<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Antonio Perez <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have our moments where we sit and watch movies all together,\u201d she said. \u201cWe go to amusement parks all together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King asked if the relationship was sexual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexually?\u201d Doe answered. \u201cWell, first of all I\u2019m not here to talk about my personal life. And I would never share with no one what I do in or outside of the bedroom. And as a woman I\u2019m sure you would not either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo I wouldn\u2019t,\u201d King replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK then. Next question,\u201d Doe shot back.<\/p>\n<p>King also asked her about her parents\u2019 concerns. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say that you were brianwashed,\u201d King said. \u201cI talked to your dad last night and he said, \u2018My daughter is brainwashed\u2019 and he\u2019s very concerned. He said he was here two days ago and you wouldn\u2019t even look him in the eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK,\u201d Doe said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t look him in the eye because he\u2019s a liar. He\u2019s a manipulative liar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She claimed her parents even encouraged her to do \u201csexual videos\u201d with Kelly, and denied that she had sex with the singer when she was 17 \u2014 as she testified in horrific detail during testimony on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>She said the Grammy winner gave her herpes and shamed her that she was \u201cbroken\u201d \u2014 and also forced her to have an abortion in 2017. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Singer R. Kelly sits beside lawyer Thomas Farinella during Kelly's sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in New York, U.S., August 24, 2021 in a courtroom sketch.\" class=\"wp-image-19229272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Singer-R.-Kelly-056.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Singer R. Kelly sits beside lawyer Thomas Farinella during Kelly\u2019s sex abuse trial at Brooklyn\u2019s Federal District Court in New York on Aug. 24, 2021, in a courtroom sketch.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Doe also testified that she saw Kelly molest and abuse other young girls, saying she would be subjected to beatings and cruel punishment if she disobeyed him. <\/p>\n<p>She said at one point she was locked in a room for three or four days and was brutally beaten when she admitted she had told a friend about the sordid relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly faces nine counts of racketeering and violations of the federal Mann Act, a 1910 law that makes it a crime to transport \u201cany woman or girl\u201d across state lines for any \u201cimmoral purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doe is the second accuser to testify at the trial, which began last week. <\/p>\n<p>Kelly, who has been locked up since 2019, has denied the allegations. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of R. 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