CNN reported Thursday that it has seen the video that Michael Avenatti claims shows R. Kelly assaulting an underage girl—and that the “clear and explicit” footage “appears to show” the disgraced singer “having sex with a girl who refers to her body parts as 14 years old.”
In the 42-minute video, CNN reports, “a naked man who appears to be R. Kelly” performs “multiple sex acts with the girl.” The girl’s age remains unclear—but both she and the man reportedly reference her “14-year-old p***y.” She reportedly calls him “daddy” multiple times, and after asking her to urinate, the footage appears to show the singer urinating on the young girl.
A senior law-enforcement official told The New Yorker Thursday that the tape’s discovery could soon lead to the singer being indicted in Illinois. That official, and two other sources familiar with the tape, identified R. Kelly as the man in the video, and said that the girl was underage.
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