Via DrewReports: R. Kelly is trying to leave his longtime label Jive for a new deal with Universal’s Interscope Records, according to new reports on Monday.

Kellz’ new LP 12 Play: Fourth Quarter, the fourth installment of the 12 Play series, will likely be the singing star’s final release on Jive,The Business Sheet claims.

R. Kelly sparked rumors that he will ditch the label after his management team began seeking a more lucrative deal for future projects late last week.

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Just like Alexander, Robert Kelly is having a horrible, terrible, no good, vey bad day in court. According to reports, the judge had to abruptly adjourn after a lawyer for Kells said he received a phone call from a mystery man who claimed to have information that could help Kell’s defense.

The recess was called to allow the lawyers time to depose the man, who resides in another state. The mystery man’s deposition is expected to take place early Thursday.

In other Kelly news, a high school coach identified a former player of his as the girl on the infamous sex tape.

 Jacques Conway said he recognized her, in part, by a distinctive cross worn by the video’s female participant. He said he had seen his former player wear the necklace.

Kelly attorney Sam Adam Jr. asked Conway if he could conceive of the alleged victim as the kind of person who would “sell her body for money,” referring to how the man on the videotape is seen handing money to the female participant.

“No,” Conway responded.

Oops, forgot there was another basketball coach who testified as well. This ish is getting stranger by the day.

A former middle school basketball coach who said he got to know the alleged victim through some of her friends, also testified Wednesday that she was on the tape. Joel Rhea told jurors he recognized her “facial features, the forehead, the smile.” He estimated she was 14 or 15 when the video was made.

Under cross-examination, defense attorney Marc Martin questioned Rhea about how he could have known the alleged victim well enough to identify her years later, noting she was just one of several hundred students he knew.

Rhea said the girl’s forehead was especially distinctive.

“Everyone gave her a hard time because she had a big forehead,” Rhea responded. “We would joke about her forehead, that she had a big forehead.”

“You were joking about a seventh-grade girl having a big forehead?” Martin snapped back, sounding incredulous.

“The kids were,” Rhea said.

It is going to take more than a purple yo-yo for Kelly to have any good luck with this.

Prosecutors in the upcoming R. Kelly child pornography trial want to introduce evidence of other crimes allegedly committed by the R&B singer, court records show.

Kelly, 41, is accused of videotaping himself having sex with a girl estimated to be 13 or 14. Kelly, of Olympia Fields, has pleaded not guilty. Jury selection starts May 9th.

 

Prosecutors filed a motion April 1st, to allow evidence of other crimes, according to the case’s docket sheet.

The motion appears to have been the subject of a two-hour, closed-door hearing Friday before Judge Vincent Gaughan. Kelly married singer Aaliyah, who is now deceased, when she was 15.

If the judge allows this evidnece, the prosecutors will have Kells by the balls. Damn, he is going down.

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from NET news (formerly BET):

Accused statutory rapist and child pornographer R. Kelly has gained a victory in his court battle. The singer appeared Monday before a judge who ruled that a child therapist can’t testify at his trial. Kelly’s accused of videotaping himself in sex acts with an under-age girl who’s now 20 and says she’s not the girl in the video. Dr. Sharon Cooper planned to testify that such denial from past victims of child sexual abuse is common, but Judge Vincent Gaughan sided with defense lawyers. They argued that no precedent has been set letting a witness cast doubt on another witness in that way. Kelly’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 12, followed by a May 9 trial, which has been delayed for five years.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that a bench warrrant was requested for R.Kelly. The clever detectives that make up TMZ has found out why he was a no-show: he was sitting on the side of the road busted by Utah police!!

Police sources in Utah tell TMZ that Kelly’s four tour buses were stopped yesterday, after they were spotted going over 100 mph. After the buses were pulled over, the investigating trooper noticed that the bus drivers seemed “tired.” John Q. Law then asked for the buses’ log books (with drivers’ rest and drive info) but they weren’t on board or weren’t updated — a big no-no in Utah.

So the po-po ordered the buses out of service and the passengers were left to find their own transporation.

As of right now his bench warrant will be enforced if he is a no-show tomorrow!

Photo snagged from TMZ.

TMZ is reporting that a bench warrant was requested for Robert Kelly because he was a no-show for a court hearing in Chicago today.

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TMZ is reporting That R. Kelly has given Ne-Yo his walking papers. The reason: lack of a signed contract. Ne-Yo’s people released a statement expressing Ne-Yo’s concern about not completing the concert.

Well looks like I can keep my money and stay home.

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