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Jim DeRogatis is the man who first received the infamous R. Kelly sex  tape, breaking the story to the public. He was a music critic at the  Chicago Sun-Times in 2000 when he received an anonymous fax tipping him  off: Kelly, the tipster wrote, “had a problem with young girls.”  DeRogatis investigated that tip and found that multiple lawsuits had  been filed against Kelly accusing him of sexually abusing girls as young  as 14. He published a story that reported his findings in late 2000 —  and then he continued to publish follow-ups in the face of widespread  public indifference, as Kelly’s career continued to flourish. DeRogatis  soon became the person that people who knew things about Kelly sent tips  to. Two videotapes that appeared to show Kelly having sex with young  girls were sent to DeRogatis’s home in 2001 and 2002, and the second one  became the centerpiece of Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial. Jim  DeRogatis is an associate profes