‘My case matters”; R. Kelly accuser opens up about waiting for justice, pain over charges being dropped
No charges were filed. She tried to move on, she said. She raised her children, she found a stable career, but Kelly’s music followed her.
Jennifer Bonjean, one of Kelly’s attorneys, said Tuesday that she understands Carter’s concerns, but “I don’t know that taking the stand and being subject to cross-examination is how you’re going to get relief from whatever pain you’re experiencing, I don’t understand it.”Foxx, at her news conference, was careful to note that dropping charges does not mean prosecutors disbelieve any of the allegations.
But last week, on a video call with prosecutors, Carter knew before anyone said a word that it would be bad news for her. She saw the attorneys’ pursed lips, the folded hands. And this time, Foxx wasn’t on the call, Carter said. After a member of Kelly’s entourage introduced her to the singer, Carter started doing his hair regularly, and it turned her life around, she said. She hadn’t even been a fan of his music — she preferred rap to R&B — but once she started working with him, people treated her differently. Her whole outlook changed.Advertisement
“He spit on me, he ejaculated in my face,” Carter told the Tribune. “And I left there, and I went to the police. And from then on, it was just a problem after a problem after a problem.” Still, for all those years after the charges were rejected, she said, “I thought that I didn’t matter in the world.”That changed in 2019, after Foxx made a public plea for Kelly’s accusers to come forward in the wake of the hit documentary “Surviving R. Kelly.”
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