Two women say singer R. Kelly picked them out of a crowd at a Baltimore after-party in the mid-1990s when they were underage and had sex with one of the teens although she was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol and could not consent.
The women joined lawyer Gloria Allred in New York City on Thursday.
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Two women say singer R. Kelly picked them out of a crowd at a Baltimore after-party in the mid-1990s when they were underage and had sex with one of the teens although she was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol and could not consent.
Latresa Scaff says she was 16 when she and 15-year-old Rochelle Washington attended an R. Kelly concert in Baltimore.
Attorney Gloria Allred holds up a picture of Latresa Scaff, left, and Rochelle Washington, posing in front of a picture of R. Kelly, on the night they claim they became victims of his sexual advances during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended a concert of his while they were teenagers.(AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
As Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington, left, look on as attorney Gloria Allred holds up a picture of them as teenagers on the night they claim they became victims of musician R. Kelly's sexual advances during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended a concert of his while they were teenagers.(AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Attorney Gloria Allred, center, speaks while Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington look on during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert while they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Attorney Gloria Allred, center, speaks while Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington look on during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert while they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Rochelle Washington, left, and attorney Gloria Allred, right, look on Latresa Scaff speaks during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert when they were teenagers.(AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Latresa Scaff attends a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Rochelle Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert when they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Their accusations come six weeks after a Lifetime documentary series, "Surviving R. Kelly," looked at old sexual misconduct allegations against Kelly.
Attorney Gloria Allred, center, speaks while Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington look on during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert while they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Latresa Scaff says she was 16 when she and 15-year-old Rochelle Washington attended an R. Kelly concert in Baltimore.
She says Kelly told them to come to his hotel room, where he had sex with her.
Kelly's lawyer, Steve Greenberg, has said his client never knowingly had sex with an underage woman.
Rochelle Washington, left, cries as Latresa Scaff details their sexual misconduct accusations against musician R. Kelly during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert while they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Attorney Gloria Allred holds up a picture of Latresa Scaff, left, and Rochelle Washington, posing in front of a picture of R. Kelly, on the night they claim they became victims of his sexual advances during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended a concert of his while they were teenagers.(AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
As Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington, left, look on as attorney Gloria Allred holds up a picture of them as teenagers on the night they claim they became victims of musician R. Kelly's sexual advances during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended a concert of his while they were teenagers.(AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Attorney Gloria Allred, center, speaks while Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington look on during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert while they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Attorney Gloria Allred, center, speaks while Latresa Scaff, right, and Rochelle Washington look on during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert while they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Rochelle Washington, left, and attorney Gloria Allred, right, look on Latresa Scaff speaks during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert when they were teenagers.(AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
Latresa Scaff attends a news conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Scaff and Rochelle Washington are accusing musician R. Kelly of sexual misconduct on the night they attended his concert when they were teenagers. (AP PhotoSeth Wenig)
