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Sep 27, 2021 · R. Kelly sits as the jury foreman reads the guilty verdict in Kelly's trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in New York, on Monday, September 27. Moments ago, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New ...
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Sep 27, 2021 · Tannen Maury/EPA, via Shutterstock. R. Kelly, the multiplatinum R&B artist whose musical legacy became intertwined with dozens of accusations of sexual abuse, was found guilty on Monday of serving ...
- Troy Closson
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- Case About 'Violence, Cruelty and Control,' Judge Says
- Lawyers Wanted More Lenient Sentence
- Aaliyah Marriage Scheme
"Although sex was certainly a weapon that you used, this is not a case about sex. It's a case about violence, cruelty and control," the judge told Kelly. The sentence caps a slow-motion fall for Kelly, who was adored by legions of fans and sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of young girls began circulating publicly in th...
Kelly's lawyers had argued in court papers he should get no more than 10 years in prison because he "experienced a traumatic childhood involving severe, prolonged childhood sexual abuse, poverty, and violence." As an adult with "literacy deficiencies," the star was "repeatedly defrauded and financially abused, often by the people he paid to protect...
Evidence also was presented about a fraudulent marriage scheme hatched to protect Kelly after he feared he had impregnated R&B singer Aaliyah in 1994 when she was just 15. Witnesses said they were married in matching jogging suits using a licence falsely listing her age as 18; he was 27 at the time. Aaliyah worked with Kelly, who wrote and produced...
May 9, 2022 · MAYES COUNTY, Oklahoma -. The Girl Scout murders have haunted Oklahomans for 45 years but, investigators now say recent DNA testing done by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation points to one ...
Jun 29, 2022 · R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse. US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women. The R&B artist, 55 ...
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Sep 27, 2021 · Elizabeth Williams/AP. After more than 25 years of accusations and a federal court trial in New York that lasted seven weeks, R&B singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of charges including sexual ...
Aug 8, 2021 · After Lifetime aired the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary in 2019, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office began to receive “numerous” calls alleging abuse, and authorities started ...
