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The mother of one of R. Kelly’s victims is scheduled to give a sworn, out-of-court oral testimony about how the disgraced star abuse her daughter, Faith Rodgers. It was reported that Rodgers’ mom will share her perspective on what happened to her daughter as part of the discovery process.

Rodgers is just one of the five women that Kelly was convicted of abusing in 2021. She ultimately testified against him at Kelly’s Brooklyn federal-court trial. Kelly was found guilty of numerous charges, including sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering and bribery.

A conference took place on March 7 according to court filings, but Rodgers did not attend. Kelly was represented by his lawyers, Jennifer Bonjean and Ashley Cohen. “Plaintiff shall respond to defendant’s written discovery requests by April 7, 2024,” the documents explained.

“Plaintiff shall provide dates for plaintiff’s deposition and plaintiff’s mother’s deposition by March 21st to take place in April. Fact discovery to close by June 30.” Back in 2018, Rodgers sued Kelly for false imprisonment as well as sexual battery.

In the suit, Rodgers stated that the pair met in 2017 when she was just 19 after he performed in Texas. She also said that Kelly forced her to engage in sexual acts without her consent and gave her a sexually transmitted disease. Kelly has been incarcerated since his 2021 arrest.

Most recently, he did a phone interview with Wack 100 last week to stand up for Sean “Diddy” Combs and the plethora of allegations against him.

“That’s why I don’t believe none of this shit. You could tell me about Puffy, you could about anybody in there,” Kelly said. “You could tell me on the news, the weather, the sky is blue, I’m not gonna believe the shit. ‘Cause I’m in it now, and I know what they did.”