R. Kelly accuser Jerhonda Pace cries as she testifies about alleged abuse
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The first of a series of accusers scheduled to testify in the federal racketeering case against R. Kelly became emotional in a Brooklyn courtroom Thursday as she described being slapped and choked by the disgraced R&B singer. Jerhonda Pace had begun her testimony Wednesday, alleging sexual and physical abuse during a relationship with Kelly that started when she was a 16-year-old fan in 2009.
Pace, who is pregnant and days away from her due date, was asked on Thursday to read a few lines from a diary that she prepared at the advice of civil lawyers she retained after leaving Kelly, whose legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly. She cried as she read the entry dated January 23, 2010: "I went to Rob's house and Rob called me a silly b---. Rob slapped me three times. He said if I lied to him again, it's not going to be an open hand next time. He spit in my face and in my mouth and choked me during an argument. I had sex with him, I had oral sex with him. Then I became fed up, and I went home and confessed."
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