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Article: R. Kelly's lawyers: He's no monster Legal team fights back as singer hit with third charge of sex with minor
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 30, 2002
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R. Kelly has been sued for the third time for allegedly having sex
with an underage teenager, but this time the R&B star is also accused
of impregnating the girl and using his superstar status to force her
to have an abortion.
In a civil suit filed Monday, the woman, now 20, alleged criminal
sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress
against Kelly, whom she claims she met on her prom night in 1998 when
she was 16.
The relationship between the two lasted for nine months, according
to the suit. In June 1999 the girl allegedly became pregnant by Kelly
and he had her taken to a Chicago clinic for an abortion, said
attorney Susan Loggans, who is representing the woman.
"He ...