A former merchandising agent for R&B star R Kelly testified Tuesday that the singer offered him $USD1 million ($1.45 million) to find a VHS tape featuring Kelly as prosecutors sought to persuade jurors that Kelly was desperate to recover the missing recording, knowing it could land him in legal peril if it fell into the hands of law enforcement.Based in part on that recording, which prosecutors say shows the R&B star sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, Kelly faces charges that include production of child abuse material. He is also accused of fixing his 2008 state child abuse material trial by threatening witnesses and endeavoring to conceal video evidence.Charles Freeman testified Tuesday that Kelly reached out to him in 2001 to ask him to hunt down the recording. Freeman, a 52-year-old from Kansas City, also explained how he pressured Kelly and his associates for years to pay him the full $1.45 million after Freeman found and returned the tape.
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