I explain on my UGLY TRUTH podcast above how Michael Avenatti admitting that most of the accusations against R Kelly are BS and being arrested by the Feds for extortion was going to hurt R Kelly’s case.
R Kelly’s lawyer agrees with my assessment.
R. Kelly’s attorney, Steve Greenberg, tells TMZ … now that Avenatti has been charged with extortion as well as bank and tax fraud, his credibility is now a centerpiece in the singer’s case — specifically, the circumstances surrounding how prosecutors obtained a key piece of evidence.
That evidence, of course, is a sex tape that Cook County investigators claim shows R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl, who’s alleged to be 14 years old. It’s what many believe to be a smoking gun against R. Kelly … and the catalyst that led to a 10-count indictment.
Greenberg says the issue of “chain of custody” — how Cook County got hold of that tape via Avenatti — is now questionable. Greenberg strongly suggests the possibility the tape could’ve been altered before it got to prosecutors.
Sources connected to the case tell us that the man who handed the tape over to Avenatti is a whistle-blower who has a history of extorting R. Kelly.
We’re told the man recently confessed to prosecutors in Chicago that he squeezed about a million dollars out of R. Kelly’s team in the past to stop the tape from going public. So, the question … if the guy got the cash, how would Avenatti have gotten it?
Look, everyone knows R Kelly is guilty, but this is damaging to their prosecution’s case.
Flip at the pages for the court docs on Avenatti. Trust me it is worth your time.