r kelly ranted about the stigma of dating teenagers and compared himself to jerry lee lewis who married his 13-year-old cousin
Accused sexual abuser R. Kelly once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis - a singer notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago - saying they were both geniuses, a witness at Kelly's Brooklyn trial testified Thursday. A woman who only went by 'Stephanie' said she was 17 during her six-month relationship in 1999 with the then 32-year-old Kelly. She testified about remembering a conversation with the R&B artist and two others when he said he preferred 'young girls' and questioned why 'people make such a big deal of it.' 'Look at Jerry Lee Lewis,' she said, quoting Kelly, now 54, as saying, referring to the influential rock and roll pioneer who controversially married his 13-year-old second cousin in the 1950s. R. Kelly, seen here in a court sketch at federal trial in Brooklyn, once compared himself to Jerry Lee Lewis - a singer notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago 'He's a genius and I'm a genius. We sh