R Kelly...The Chick From The 3 Way And Her Babydaddy....wow!

THIS IS FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.


While the jury spends the weekend pondering whether R Kelly's mole really does—or does not—appear in the sex tape's freeze-framed images, everyone else has work to do.

Attorneys will be back in court this morning to discuss a defense motion to subpoena Jim DeRogatis, the Sun-Times music critic who first gave police the videotape. The newspaper is fighting any attempt to compel him to testify.

But that's not the only thing keeping lawyers busy. Both sides are certain to spend the weekend preparing for prosecution witness Lisa Van Allen.

The 27-year-old single mother is expected to testify that she had a three-way sexual encounter with Kelly and the alleged victim depicted in the sex tape at the heart of the child pornography case. We caught up with Van Allen's fiance, Yul Brown, Thursday night and here's what he told us about her:
•Van Allen met Kelly when she was a 17-year-old extra on his "Home Alone" video.

•She and the singer had a relationship from 1998-2005, even though Kelly was married and had children.

•Her sexual relationship with Kelly included a ménage a trois with the singer and his goddaughter, the girl prosecutors say is depicted in the sex tape at the heart of the child pornography case. A videotape was made of at least one three-way encounter, but Brown declines to discuss what became of it.

•Van Allen had the role of hair braider in his 2001 video "My Wish."

•She is currently four months pregnant and works for her fiance's investment company.

•The secret defense witness brought into undermine her testimony—and temporarily postpone her court appearance Wednesday—is her ex-boyfriend and father of her 5-year-old daughter.

•She is looking forward to testifying. "She knows her reasons for coming forward," Brown says. "Like she says, why would she tell everyone she had sex with a minor if it wasn't true? She knows the truth."