In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Kelly faced further allegations of wrongdoing in a 2017 BuzzFeed article and in the January 2019 Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. He has been nominated for 26 Grammy Awards in all, including as recently as 2015. Through the allegations, Kelly was one of the most successful R&B artists of the 1990s and 2000s, known for hit songs “Bump N’ Grind,” “Ignition (Remix)” and “I Believe I Can Fly,” which won him three Grammy Awards. In 2002, Kelly was indicted on child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with an unidentified underage girl, but he was acquitted in 2008. The sentencing hearing is the culmination of nearly three decades of allegations Kelly had sexually abused underage girls, accusations first laid out in the Chicago Sun-Times.
R KELLY MESSED WITH WHICH YOUNG SINGER TRIAL
“I will forever be the girl that R Kelly peed on,” Jane said through the attorney, referencing the infamous sex tape video shown during his trial which showed Kelly urinating on a victim. (Photo by Antonio Perez - Pool via Getty Images) Antonio Perez/Pool/Getty Images Kelly is facing multiple sexual assault charges and is being held without bail. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Septemin Chicago, Illinois. She wrote that Kelly was “abusive and dominating” and made her suicidal.ĬHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 17: Singer R. I have lost my teenage years to Robert Kelly,” he read. I have lost my dreams due to Robert Kelly. “I have lost my dignity due to Robert Kelly. Prior to the sentence, attorney Christopher Brown read from a statement given by one of Kelly’s victims, identified as “Jane.” A motion for a new trial was denied last week. Kelly was convicted in September on three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. One year would be served consecutively, or after that sentence is complete, he said. Leinenweber said in court Thursday that 19 years of the 20-year prison sentence would be served concurrently, or at the same time as his other sentence.
Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year prison term for his 2021 conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in a New York federal court. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor, his second such lengthy sentencing in the past year.
Last week, Kelly was arrested for an additional 13 counts of federal sex trafficking and child pornography charges.Īccording to a federal indictment unsealed last week, Kelly gave the girl and her family gifts and money before and after the trial so she would lie to investigators, avoid questioning, and so she would not testify against him.Disgraced R&B singer R.
Kelly's defense team had argued that the girl and Kelly could not be identified in the tape, and some jurors said the girl’s refusal to testify made it difficult to convict him. Kelly's Former Staffers Gave Feds 20 More Sex Tapes with Minorsįourteen witnesses had identified the girl in the video during the 20018 trial, but she and members of her family did not testify. The Times reports, her lawyer says she is now cooperating with authorities. Kelly in his 2008 trial, which resulted in his acquittal. The woman, who is now in her 30s and had been identified by singer Sparkle as her niece, had refused to testify against R. Kelly's new case may end differently than his last.Īccording to a report in The New York Times, the young girl who appeared in the infamous tape that showed the R&B singer performing sex acts and urinating on the then-14-year-old is now cooperating with prosecutors.
Sparkle's niece, whose refusal to testify against the singer in the 2008 trial resulted in his acquittal, is now cooperating with prosecutors.
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