NEW YORK-R. Kelly’s lawyer told an appeals court Monday that all kinds of legitimate organizations — even college fraternities — could be deemed racketeering organizations under a law used to convict the R&B superstar at his Brooklyn trial of sexually abusing young fans, including children, ...
Kelly, who's currently behind bars,was convictedof three counts of producing child pornography and three counts of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity in September 2022. A subsequent 20-year sentence, initiallyreachedin February of last year, wasrecently upheld. The case was preceded b...
In the case of “L.C.,”“The victim was 24 years old and worked as a hairdresser for Robert Kelly,” Foxx said. “While the victim was waiting alone in a room waiting for Robert Kelly so she could braid his hair, Robert Kelly entered saying he didn’t want his hair braided that ...
R. Kelly arrives at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division on March 6, 2019 in Chicago JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty Images Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $20...
“I don’t recall how old I was,” the woman, now 31, testified at Kelly's New York City sex-trafficking trial. When pressed further on the timing, she demurred, saying, “It’s hard. It was 16 years ago.” The witness stood apart from other women who have testified f...
NEW YORK (AP) — With the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial nearing jury deliberations, a prosecutor on Thursday urged jurors to convict the R&B superstar on federal charges that he used his celebrity as leverage to sexually abuse women, girls and boys
Nearly 6 years later, R. Kelly has court date; Judge sets trial for May 9Abdon M. Pallasch
R. Kelly Will Fight Recent Court Judgement, Insists He Was Too “Confused & Overwhelmed” Earlier this week we reported that one of the women accusing
The 41-year-old Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The centerpiece of the trial is the video footage, which Gaughan ruled may be shown in open court. Prosecutors claim the videotape was made sometime between Jan. 1, 1998, and Nov. 1 2000...
"I promise, we will straighten this out," Kelly told reporters Saturday. "That is all I can say right now." R. Kelly outside an Illinois court Wednesday for a hearing in a child support caseCBS Chicago The child support issue is separate from Kelly's criminal case, in which he faces...