素材来源：美联社 翻译：世界播
CHICAGO — An acquaintance of R. Kelly’s recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere — to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homemade VHS sex tapes.
芝加哥消息——R•凯利的一个熟人回忆起这位歌手曾经提着一个行李袋去往各处——包括录音棚，电影片场，甚至是健身房。她说，里面塞满了他自制的VHS性爱录像带。
Despite Kelly’s efforts in the 1990s to hold those recordings close, some leaked out. Untold numbers were copied and recopied and distributed nationwide through flea markets and street vendors. They have circulated for years and are still available on websites. A Pennsylvania man said he recently discovered one while cleaning his home.
尽管凯利在上世纪90年代曾试图封锁这些录像带，但还是有一些泄露了出去。这些录像带被复制、再复制了不计其数遍，并通过跳蚤市场和街头小贩在全国范围内传播。它们已经流传多年，现在仍然可以在网站上找到。宾夕法尼亚州的一名男子表示，他最近在打扫房间时还发现了一支录像带。
A sole video was at the heart of his 2008 child pornography trial that ended with Kelly’s surprise acquittal. Video is behind some of the sexual abuse charges filed last month accusing the Grammy winner of violating three girls and woman.
唯一的一段视频是他2008年儿童色情案件审判中的关键核心，最终凯利被出人意料地无罪释放。该视频成为了上个月指控格这位莱美奖得主对三名女孩和一名女子进行性侵犯的重要罪证。
A 45-minute video of Kelly having sex with a girl who says on camera that she’s 14 helped convince Cook County prosecutors to bring the new case, said Michael Avenatti, who handed the tape to prosecutors just weeks before charges.
迈克尔•阿文纳蒂表示，凯莉与一名14岁女孩发生性关系的45分钟视频有助于说服库克县检方提起新的诉讼。就在几周前，阿文纳蒂将这盘录像带交给了检方。
“That’s the bombshell piece of evidence that led to the indictments,” Avenatti, who previously represented porn star Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, said Wednesday.
阿文纳蒂周三时表示：“这是导致起诉的爆炸性证据”，她曾代表色情明星斯托米•丹尼尔斯起诉唐纳德•特朗普总统。
It’s unclear how the first tapes got into the hands of someone other than Kelly. At the 2008 trial, prosecution witness Lisa Van Allen said Kelly was rarely seen without the duffel bag.
目前还不清楚第一批录像带是如何落入凯利之外的人之手的。在2008年的审判中，控方证人丽莎•范•艾伦说凯利很少不带这个行李袋。
“Wherever he was at, the bag would follow him,” she told jurors.
她告诉陪审员：“无论他身处何处，他都会随身携带这个行李袋”。
Van Allen, who had an on-and-off affair with Kelly starting in 1997, said the recordings included ones of him having sex simultaneously with her and the girl prosecutors alleged was in the 2008 trial video.
从1997年开始，范•艾伦就一直与凯利保持着分分合合的恋人关系。她指出，这些录像既包括她与凯利发生性关系的片段，也包括他与检方2008年指控案里庭审视频中那个女孩发生关系的视频。
At trial, Kelly attorney Sam Adam Jr. scoffed at the idea of the superstar hauling around a bag of sex tapes as if he were “some kind of porno Santa Claus.”
在庭审中，凯利的代理人小萨姆亚当嘲笑这位超级巨星提着一袋性爱录像带，就像他是“某种色情圣诞老人”一样。
In all, over half a dozen videos have been referred to in court testimony or filings, or by journalists and lawyers.
总而言之，一共有6个以上的视频在法庭证词或文件中被引用，或者被记者和律师引用。
Avenatti, who represents two accusers, said he gave prosecutors two tapes never previously made public, both featuring the same girl spotlighted in the 2008 trial. The second tape — turned over after charges were filed — was a 55-minute video shot sometime between 1999 and 2000. He says he also has a possible third video.
两名原告的代理人阿文纳蒂表示，他给了检方两盘此前从未公开过的录像带，这两盘录像里出现的都是2008年审判中曝光的同一名女孩。在指控提出后被移交的第二盘磁带是1999年至2000年间某个时候拍摄的一段长达55分钟的视频。他指出，他身上可能还有第三个视频。
Van Allen, who said she became disillusioned with Kelly, removed at least one tape with her on it from the bag while Kelly was distracted, court filings say.
法庭文件显示，范•艾伦说她对凯利的幻想破灭了，趁凯利不注意的时候，她从他的行李袋里拿出了至少一盘上面有她的录像带。
The only video shown in its entirety in open court was the one entered as “People’s Exhibit No. 1” at Kelly’s trial. Kelly shot it in a log cabin-themed room at his North Side Chicago home between 1998 and 2000 when the girl was as young as 13, prosecutors said.
那一段唯一完整地在公开法庭上展示的视频中的女孩，是凯利受审时作为“1号人证”进入法庭的那位证人。检方表示，凯利于1998年至2000年期间，在其芝加哥北部的家中，在一间以木屋为主题的房间里与这名女孩一起拍摄了这段视频，当时这名女孩只有13岁。
In the 27-minute video, a man has sex with a young female. He hands her money and she mouths, “Thank you.” He speaks in a hushed voice, and she calls him “Daddy.” At one point, he urinates on the girl. The man who leans in to adjust the camera appears to be Kelly or someone with a striking resemblance to him.
在这段27分钟的视频中，一名男子与一名年轻女子发生了性关系。他递给她钱，她回以一个“谢谢”。他在视频中低声说话，而她则叫他“爸爸”。还有有一次，他对着女孩撒尿。那个靠过来调整相机的人似乎是凯利，或者和他长得惊人相似的人。
A reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Jim DeRogatis , received the tape anonymously in his mailbox in February 2002 and turned it over to law enforcement. Five months later, based on the video, Kelly was charged with child pornography.
2002年2月，《芝加哥太阳时报》的记者吉姆•德罗吉提斯在自己的邮箱里收到了匿名发送的这盘录像带，并将其交给了执法部门。五个月后，根据这段视频，凯利被控犯有与未成年发生不当性行为罪。
Weeks before charges, bootleg copies of the video appeared on street corners across the U.S., the Sun-Times reported. A VHS copy sold for $10. A DVD version went for $15. Some had scenes from different recordings, including with Kelly having sex with an adult dancer. Some pornography websites advertise they have Kelly sex tapes available.
在被起诉前几周，这段视频的盗版出现在美国的街头巷尾，据《芝加哥太阳时报》报道。一份VHS拷贝版售价10美元。而DVD版售价15美元。有些人节选了不同录像带里的场景，并将其剪辑在一起，其中包括凯莉和一名成年舞者发生性关系的场景。一些色情网站宣传他们有凯利的性爱录像。
