Two R. Kelly accusers take stand, say they were sexually abused by singer while underage

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The two women testified using pseudonyms. One, 'Pauline,' is now 37. The other, 'Tracy,' is now 40. Both said they’ve referred to Kelly in the past as 'Daddy.'

trial Monday, alleging the superstar sexually abused them when they were minors in the late 1990s.

Tracy said that she met the singer on the first or second day of an internship for Kelly’s record label, and that the singer tried to get her to sit on his lap within minutes of meeting her. Days later, the singer invited her and a friend to his downtown recording studio, and masturbated as he sat next to her on a couch. Sometime later, Kelly forced her to have sex at a downtown hotel, while she was 16.

Pauline smiled and remained poised, even as she jousted with Kelly’s attorneys on cross-examination. Tracy spoke softly, her voice breaking often as she recalled her encounters with the singer.Lake View"I told him that that’s not how you look for bruises, and he said that’s how he looks for bruises and that he said we all have secrets," Pauline told jurors.

"I was nervous because my mom was with me… I knew my mom knew that it was Jane, so I couldn’t say it wasn’t Jane," Pauline said. During a lively cross-examination, Kelly’s lawyer tried to point out an inconsistency in the number of times Pauline said she had sex with the singer during the years she was under 17. Pauline said on the stand Monday the number was more than 80, but defense attorney Jennifer Bonjean noted she previously said hundreds.

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