R Kelly was placed on suicide watch after sex crimes conviction
3 years, 2 months ago

R Kelly was placed on suicide watch after sex crimes conviction

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy R Kelly was placed on suicide watch after being found guilty of nine different sex crimes last month. Greenburg made the claims at a court hearing in Chicago, the first to occur since Kelly was found guilty of a racketeering conspiracy that claims he used his music career to further criminal acts. In the New York trial, the jury found him guilty of 12 individual illegal acts, including sex with multiple underage girls as well as a 1994 scheme to bribe an Illinois public official to get a fake ID for 15-year-old singer Aaliyah so the two could get illegally married. R Kelly en una audiencia judicial el 26 de junio de 2019 en Chicago, Illinois Kelly is also awaiting trial in both Wisconsin and Minnesota on other sexual misconduct charges.

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R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence
1 year, 10 months ago

R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a call from prosecutors to keep R. Kelly behind bars until he is 100, instead telling the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer he would serve all but one of his 20 years on child sex convictions simultaneously with a previous sentence. “He is 56 years of age.” Kelly’s defense lawyer celebrated the ruling …

Chicago prosecutor dropping R. Kelly sex-abuse charges
1 year, 10 months ago

Chicago prosecutor dropping R. Kelly sex-abuse charges

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A Chicago prosecutor said Monday that she’s dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly following federal convictions in two courts that should guarantee the disgraced R&B star will be locked up for decades. “While today’s cases are no longer being pursued, we believe justice has been served.” Since Kelly was indicted in Cook County in 2019, federal juries …

American singer R Kelly convicted of child pornography charges
2 years, 3 months ago

American singer R Kelly convicted of child pornography charges

Hindustan Times  

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year sentence for sex offenses, was found guilty of child pornography and other charges on Wednesday after a month-long trial in his hometown of Chicago. Kelly's former manager, Derrel McDavid, and an ex-employee, Milton "June" Brown, were tried alongside the singer in the latest trial and were also acquitted of obstruction …

R Kelly found guilty in child pornography case for filming himself sexually abusing goddaughter
2 years, 3 months ago

R Kelly found guilty in child pornography case for filming himself sexually abusing goddaughter

India TV News  

A Chicago federal jury found singer R. Kelly guilty of three counts of child pornography for filming himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter. According to the Chicago Tribune, of the indictment's 13 charges, Kelly was also found guilty of three counts of child sex trafficking through coercion and enticement, reports 'Variety'. Kelly was convicted on enticement counts regarding witnesses Jane, …

Jury gets R. Kelly’s child pornography and trial-fixing case
2 years, 3 months ago

Jury gets R. Kelly’s child pornography and trial-fixing case

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Jurors began deliberating Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments on charges accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial. “Robert Kelly abused many girls over many years,” Pozolo said, referring to Kelly’s full name. Widespread outrage emerged after …

Trial begins of R. Kelly manager accused of theater-emptying threat
2 years, 5 months ago

Trial begins of R. Kelly manager accused of theater-emptying threat

LA Times  

The trial of R. Kelly’s manager opened Tuesday on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater. U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told jurors that Donnell Russell made a terrifying, brief phone call in December 2018 from his …

R Kelly prison sentencing updates: Disgraced artist on suicide watch after getting 30 years in prison for sex trafficking
2 years, 5 months ago

R Kelly prison sentencing updates: Disgraced artist on suicide watch after getting 30 years in prison for sex trafficking

The Independent  

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R. Kelly’s Chicago trial on federal sex charges set Aug. 1
3 years, 2 months ago

R. Kelly’s Chicago trial on federal sex charges set Aug. 1

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber appeared to have wanted the trial in Chicago to begin earlier, but …

R Kelly convicted on all counts of sex trafficking trial, likely to face 20 years in prison
3 years, 2 months ago

R Kelly convicted on all counts of sex trafficking trial, likely to face 20 years in prison

Firstpost  

R Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his stardom to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Kelly was also convicted of criminal counts accusing him of violating the Mann Act, which makes it illegal to take anyone across state lines “for any immoral purpose.” “To the victims in this case, your voices were …

R Kelly trial: Singer faces decades in jail after jury verdict finds him guilty in sex trafficking case
3 years, 2 months ago

R Kelly trial: Singer faces decades in jail after jury verdict finds him guilty in sex trafficking case

The Independent  

✕ Close R Kelly found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking charges Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates …

How R. Kelly was finally brought to justice: Singer used his fame to get away with decades of abuse
3 years, 2 months ago

How R. Kelly was finally brought to justice: Singer used his fame to get away with decades of abuse

Daily Mail  

Disgraced singer R. Kelly spent decades trying to silence his underage victims with threats and bribery before his downfall began with the 2019 release of an explosive documentary that exposed his predatory behavior. Lifetime’s ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ – which revisited old claims and introduced new ones – opened up a Pandora’s Box of trouble for the singer, who previously avoided …

R Kelly is found GUILTY of all nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking
3 years, 2 months ago

R Kelly is found GUILTY of all nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking

Daily Mail  

R. Kelly was found guilty of all nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury on Monday during his sex trafficking trial where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex. Some key allegations from the trial include: Assaulting underage victims and …

R. Kelly fate now in jury’s hands at sex trafficking trial
3 years, 3 months ago

R. Kelly fate now in jury’s hands at sex trafficking trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s fate is now in a jury’s hands after weeks of lurid testimony in his sexual misconduct trial. Kelly “believed the music, the fame and the celebrity meant he could do whatever he wanted,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nadia Shihata said in federal court in Brooklyn in a fiery rebuttal to the defense’s closing argument that portrayed …

R Kelly jury begins deliberations in racketeering and sex trafficking trial
3 years, 3 months ago

R Kelly jury begins deliberations in racketeering and sex trafficking trial

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He was charged in July 2019 with racketeering predicated …

R Kelly is now not expected to testify at his trial
3 years, 3 months ago

R Kelly is now not expected to testify at his trial

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. R Kelly pleads not guilty to a new indictment …

R Kelly goes under trial in Brooklyn court over racketeering and sexual abuse allegations
3 years, 4 months ago

R Kelly goes under trial in Brooklyn court over racketeering and sexual abuse allegations

Firstpost  

An anonymous jury made up of seven men and five women have been sworn in to hear the R Kelly case on Wednesday. They say the group selected victims at concerts and other venues and arranged for them to travel to see Kelly in the New York City area and elsewhere, in violation of the Mann Act, the 1910 law …

R Kelly, facing life in prison, is 'petrified' ahead of long-awaited trial
4 years, 2 months ago

R Kelly, facing life in prison, is 'petrified' ahead of long-awaited trial

The Independent  

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