Diana Copeland, R. Kelly's former executive assistant, said she never saw any of the alleged abuse the singer is accused of committing.
Copeland was previously named in a civil complaint against Kelly that was filed in 2018 and is still pending. The accuser claimed that Kelly would lock her rooms and enlist Copeland to stand guard. Both Kelly and Copeland have denied the accusations.
“They ranged in ages,” Copeland said of the women. “No one under 18. In fact, when this case came up, I’m reading that women are locked up and kidnapped, and things of that nature. And that’s not what I’m seeing. I’m not seeing anybody that’s trying to leave or any locked doors. Every woman that’s left has walked right out the door.”
Copeland touched on Kelly’s ostensible rules prohibiting these women from talking to other men, which she was also asked about while testifying. Noting that, sometimes on shopping trips, the women would “ask me to interact with the males,” Copeland added that she couldn’t specifically say whether or not Kelly had ordered the women not to speak to the men, but added: “I would say that you can pretty much surmise that was probably the case.
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