The defense team in the R. Kelly child pornography trial had relatives of the alleged victim testify today that she is not on the tape in question, while a law clerk told jurors the prosecution's key witness sought money in exchange for silence.

According to the Associated Press, Shonna Edwards, told jurors she first saw the tape several days ago in a lawyer's office and that the body of the girl on it was too developed to be her relative at that age.

"It definitely wasn't her," she testified.

Edwards claims she met Kelly on numerous occasions and she sang in a music group with the alleged victim in the 1990s.

To date, seven family members of the alleged victim have testified-four prosecution witnessesidentified her as the female on the tape and today three relatives said it was not. One witness admitted this ordeal has split their family apart.

As SOHH previously reported, the prosecution rested their case on Monday (June 2) after their key witness Lisa Van Allen identified both Kelly and the alleged female on the tape and admitted to having at least three sexual trysts with the pair.

Today a law clerk for the defense, Jason Wallace, testified that Van Allen and her fiancé, Yul Brown sought $300,000 from Kelly to keep from testifying.

According to Wallace, in a meeting with a Kelly attorney last month in Georgia, Brown said, "Lisa doesn't have to testify in court if things are made right."

Yesterday Judge Vincent Gaughan said The Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jim DeRogatis, who is responsible for passing the sex tape on to the police in 2002, was not protected under the law as a reporter.

DeRogatis declined to answer questions during this morning's hearing citing an Illinois law that protects reporters' rights and the First and Fifth Amendments. Today the judge ruled that he could use only his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. DeRogatis did so and avoided answering questions.

Kelly faces 14 counts of videotaping, producing or soliciting child pornography. He pled innocent to all charges and if convicted could face up to 15 years in prison.

Stay tuned To SOHH as the story develops.