Ne-Yo Wins Big In R. Kelly Lawsuit

Ne-Yo Wins Big In R. Kelly Lawsuit

R & B star Ne-Yo has been awarded $700,320 after suing fellow singer R Kelly over being dropped from a tour.

Ne-Yo and R Kelly were co-headlining the Double Up tour of North America in 2007 when the former, born Shaffer Smith, was asked to leave the tour after just two shows.

The Closer singer claimed that he was sacked from the tour after fans and critics preferred his performance to that of Kelly.

Though he was paid $50,000 for his two performances, Ne-Yo and Compound Touring Inc filed a suit in January against Rowe Entertainment Inc seeking unspecified damages.

The latter never responded to the case and a Los Angeles superior court judge has now ordered Rowe Entertainment to pay Ne-Yo and his touring company damages over the dispute.

Talking to BET.com at the time of the original lawsuit, Ne-Yo said Jive Records' allegation that contract problems had caused his exit were "absolutely false".

"I believe it was because the first few reviews of the show, people were talking more about my set than his and I don't think he liked that too much," he added.

The suit maintained he was due to be paid $785,000 ) for the 25-date tour and is still owed $735,000.

Ne-Yo's new album Year of the Gentleman is released on September 15th

R Kelly Not guilty: Acquitted of all 14 counts

R Kelly: They Tried To Charge Him But He's Not Guilty

R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges Friday after less than a day of deliberations in his child pornography trial, ending a six-year ordeal for the R&B superstar.

Kelly dabbed his face with a handkerchief and hugged each of his four attorneys after the verdict — not guilty on all 14 counts — was read. The Grammy award-winning singer had faced 15 years in prison if convicted.

Minutes later, surrounded by bodyguards, he left the courthouse without comment. Dozens of fans screamed and cheered as he climbed into a waiting SUV.

"All I heard (from Kelly) while those 14 verdicts were being read was 'Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus,"' said Sam Adam Jr., one of his attorneys.

Prosecutors had argued that a video tape mailed to the Chicago Sun-Times in 2002 showed Kelly engaged in graphic sex acts with a girl as young as 13 at the time. Both Kelly, 41, and the now 23-year-old alleged victim had denied they were the ones on the tape. Neither testified during the trial.

"Robert said all along that he believed in our system and he believed in God — and that when all the facts came out in court, he would be cleared of these terrible charges," according to a statement from his publicist, Allen Mayer. "But he never dreamed it would take six and a half years. This has been a terrible ordeal for him and his family and at this point all he wants to do is move forward and put it behind him."

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New Music : R. Kelly's "Body Body"

New Music : R. Kelly's "Body Body"


"Body, Body" is one of the tracks from an upcoming CD by kellz. It may be his last for a while if things don't go his way during his trial.



Listen to R Kelly's " Body Body " Produced by VOX



Whatcha think.....Hot or not?

R Kelly Witness Lisa Van Allen, Is She credible? You Be The Judge

R Kelly Witness, Lisa Van Allen, Is She Credible? You be The Judge



The case against R Kelly is largely based on the testimony of Lisa Van Allen, a 27 year old wife and mother from Georgia. Some have argued that She is only testifying to gain leniency in sentencing for her fiance' Yul Brown who was arrested on charges of drug possession and illegally possessing an Ak-47 and because her attempts to extort more money from R Kelly came to an end. Brown faced up to 22 years in prison , but received probation. Defense suggested prosecutors interceded on his behalf in exchange for her testimony in the Kelly trial. Van Allen and Brown deny this stating "We paid for a great attorney" Whether I had a gun charge or not it had nothing to do with the testimony."

Van Allen testified she met Kelly while working as an extra in his "Home Alone" video in 1997. He allegedly invited her to his on-set trailer, where the two talked and then had sex.

She eventually moved to Chicago to be with Kelly, who was married. She joined him on a two-month concert tour, in which he would "pick" her from the audience each night and pull her up on stage to have simulated sex with him.

Kelly introduced her to the alleged victim in late 1998 and told her that the girl was 16, Van Allen testified. On the night they met, Kelly brought them to his log cabin-themed basement, set up a video camera and recorded a three-way sexual encounter, she said.

A year later, Kelly brought the teens back to his house and filmed them having group sex on a futon mattress placed on Kelly's indoor basketball court, she said. Van Allen wept as she testified that during the filming she began crying and the singer angrily accused her of ruining the recording.

"He got upset," she said, wiping away tears. "He said he couldn't watch that. He couldn't do anything with me crying."

By 2001, Van Allen said she returned to Atlanta but remained in contact with Kelly. When he traveled to Georgia later that year, they spent the weekend shopping and having sex, she said. She also admitted stealing a diamond watch from him valued at $20,000 during the visit.

"Before I ended up leaving, I took a Rolex watch from him," she said.

Van Allen said she knew Kelly had been indicted in June 2002 for a sex tape featuring the teen. However, she says she kept quiet because she was preoccupied with the birth of her first child.

In March 2007, she says she contacted Kelly about a videotape she had of the threesome.

Van Allen testified that she took the tapes from the singer's duffel bag without his knowledge.

"He carried [the bag] everywhere with him," she said. "Wherever he was at, the bag would follow."

After telling Kelly she took the tape, the singer flew her to Chicago and put her up in a hotel near his Olympia Fields mansion, Van Allen said. She said she told him she didn't have the video with her, and he offered to pay her $250,000 to secure it.

Van Allen testified that in a separate meeting with Kelly's business manager, Derrel McDavid, she and an acquaintance were paid $20,000 apiece for the tape. McDavid, a longtime Kelly associate, denied her allegations Monday evening, calling Van Allen an "admitted thief and liar" in a statement.

Kelly's team contends Van Allen tried to extort money from Kelly this month during a meeting with defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. and hinted she would switch her story for the right price. According to the defense, Brown said the couple had a $350,000 book deal in the works and it was time Kelly "made things right."

Under intense questioning during cross-examination, Van Allen said she and Brown told Adam they would only tell the truth.

"The truth is Robert Kelly is a pedophile," she said. "So you don't want the truth."

I think that she has ulterior motives and should be put on trial alongside Kellz. If she had a threesome with them more than once, then she was with a minor as well. She may have been underaged for the first one but during at least one of those trysts she would've been considered an adult. Why wait 6 years to come forth? The birth of the baby is no excuse unless she was pregnant for 6 years straight. I also think that the proscution did intervene on her fiance's behalf. Please, we all know the legal system will jump at the bit to put a black man behind bars...especially one with a drug and a gun charge, Ak-47 assault rifle at that? Ain't no way in hell that he will get off with just probation unless someone intervened.

R Kelly Victim was an Aspiring artist. Is this the girl from the tape? You Be the judge

R Kelly Victim was an Aspiring artist. Is this the girl from the tape? You Be the judge





The alleged 14 year old victim at the center of the R Kelly Scandal was reportedly an aspiring artist. She was in a singing group with 3 other young teens called "4 The cause". While the Victim( now in her twenties)  continues to deny that it is her in the infamous R Kelly sex tape, At least 4 witnesses came forth at the trial yesterday, Includinng her aunt and former R Kelly Protege; "Sparkle" to say that it is indeed Miss Reshonda L in the tape. While I can say that this girl is definitely underage, I cannot definitively say that she is the same girl in the video, what say you? Is it her?



Check out the groups video for their song "Stand By Me"

Video Premiere: R Kelly's "Hair Braider"

New Music: Touch My Body Remix featuring the"remix Killer"

New Music: Touch My Body Remix featuring Kellz, the self proclaimed "Remix Killer"



Mariah has tapped none other than the "Remix Killer" himself for the remix of her first single off her E=MC2.



Listen to: Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" remix featuring R Kelly " Remix Killer"