R. Kelly has been accused of "purposely giving" a teenage girl herpes during their alleged sexual relationship.
The 'I Believe I Can Fly' singer is on trial in New York after being charged with racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, forced labor, kidnapping, enticement, and bribery. Kelly has denied the charges against him.
The latest accuser is one of six alleged victims who have retained their anonymity with the same alias: Jane Doe. Their alleged accounts of abuse by the singer have been recorded in an indictment from federal prosecutors in New York.
As reported by Sky News, Jane Doe #5, who is now 23, was just 17 when she met the now-54-year-old performer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly.
The witness' first meeting with Kelly reportedly took place in 2015. She said she had attended a gig during which the singer paid "a lot of attention to her" and was later allegedly invited to his hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Jane Doe #5 said she had told Kelly she was 18 when they met, which is the age of consent in Florida. She had aspirations of a music career and hoped the accused could help her in that respect.
But when they met, he allegedly told her he needed to be satisfied sexually before she could audition for him.
Doe told the court: "I told him I did not come to please him, I came for an audition."
"I just wanted to sing," she added. "I genuinely wanted his input."
Following the initial encounter, which allegedly involved oral sex, the R&B performer was accused of having sex with the witness on several other occasions.
Jane Doe #5 testified that at one point during sex, the pain "got worse to the point where I couldn't walk".
After her sexual encounters with Kelly, she said she was diagnosed with herpes, and accused him of "purposely" giving her the disease.
"This man purposely gave me something he knew he had," she said. "He could have controlled the situation."
Kelly also allegedly filmed parts of their sexual encounters.
What's more, the witness said that when she revealed to Kelly that she was underage, he slapped her but decided she would remain in his life.
Earlier in the trial, another accuser told the court that the singer imposed strict rules on her and punished her when she broke the rules.
Kelly allegedly had the girl, then a teenager, welcome him as "daddy", ask for permission to use the bathroom, and urinate in "extra-large cups from the gas station" when she did not receive permission.
During a testimony by R. Kelly's former tour manager, the ex-aide claimed that he bribed a government official to get singer Aaliyah, then 15, a fake ID card so Kelly could marry her in secret.
