A second accuser in R. Kelly's federal sex crimes trial has shared her emotional testimony about what she claims it was like to live with the singer.
The 54-year-old musician is facing several charges of racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, forced labor, kidnapping, enticement, and bribery.
Now, the woman, who went by the pseudonym "Zel" in court, told the jury how Kelly - whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - imposed bizarre yet strict rules on her, and the cruel punishments he exacted when she broke them.
What's more, the court heard that the singer flew her to his concerts around the country while she was a high school student and repeatedly had sex with her.
Take a look at this explosive interview with R. Kelly in the video below:The accuser said the 'I Believe I Can Fly' hitmaker imposed a series of rules in his house, including that she welcome him as "daddy;" that she ask for permission to use the bathroom, and that she urinate in "extra-large cups from the gas station" when she did not receive permission.
The woman is one of six anonymous "Jane Does" whose stories are detailed in an indictment from federal prosecutors in New York.
The woman testified that she first met the singer when she was just 17, after one of his employees gave her his number at a tour stop in Orlando in April 2015.
She said she was "not romantically interested" in Kelly, but was keen to make a name for herself in the music world.
The accuser texted and Facetimed with Kelly after the concert, hoping he could critique her work.
The woman testified that she falsely told Kelly she was 18 years old in those messages and agreed to meet him for an "audition" at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando.
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As they went up to the room, she said Kelly made clear that he wouldn't talk about her singing career without first sexually satisfying himself.
"He told me before we went inside to turn my phone off because sometimes people try to report him," she said. The accuser told Kelly she was uncomfortable with doing anything sexual, but Kelly persisted.
The accuser went on to testify that Kelly told her the visits would help her advance in the music industry. During one stay at a bedroom that was part of Kelly's music studio in downtown Chicago, the woman said she wasn't allowed to use the bathroom - located down a hallway on the same floor - without Kelly's or his assistant's permission.
When she didn't receive permission, she said the singer made her urinate in a cup instead.
"They would get extra-large cups from the gas station," she told the court. "And in the bedroom in the studio, there were tissues and baby wipes."
The woman said she stayed at Kelly's homes in Atlanta, where they'd have sex almost every day that summer.
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She said his rules became more and more severe, with the singer commanding her to walk or crawl, perform oral sex on him, she said.
"He would say everything specifically, and I would follow exactly every thing he said," she testified.
Kelly recorded every single sexual encounter on his iPad, she said, and sometimes would show her a few seconds of video to boast about "how good we looked."
Elsewhere in the courtroom, the court heard from R. Kelly's former tour manager, who testified that he bribed a government official to get the then-15-year-old singer Aaliyah a fake ID card so R Kelly could secretly marry her.
Demetrius Smith has revealed that he paid $500 for an ID used by Kelly, then 27, to wed singer Aaliyah, who was underage, per BBC.
Smith was giving evidence after he was granted immunity from prosecution.