R. Kelly is facing a new wave of convictions in his criminal trial in the Northern District of Illinois after having already been sentenced to 30 years in prison for trafficking minors and other abuses in the Eastern District of New York.
Kelly was charged with six of the 13 criminal counts he was facing. He is now guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement to engage in sexual activity. Some of the charges he was acquitted of included conspiracy to obstruct justice and some child porn counts.
Along with the R&b singer, his employees Milton Brown and Derrell McDavid faced charges for helping Kelly hide and disperse child pornography videos he owned, but the were both found not guilty.
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One witness called to the stand, named Jane, said that Kelly engaged in sexual activities with her...
Kelly was charged with six of the 13 criminal counts he was facing. He is now guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement to engage in sexual activity. Some of the charges he was acquitted of included conspiracy to obstruct justice and some child porn counts.
Along with the R&b singer, his employees Milton Brown and Derrell McDavid faced charges for helping Kelly hide and disperse child pornography videos he owned, but the were both found not guilty.
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One witness called to the stand, named Jane, said that Kelly engaged in sexual activities with her...
- 9/16/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Chicago, Il — R. Kelly’s alleged underage sexual assault victim, known under the pseudonym Jane and central to his child pornography federal trial in Chicago, was heard apologizing to her alleged abuser multiple times in more than one videotape clip submitted as evidence by the prosecution on Friday. The graphic videotapes were shown to jurors on Friday at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, where the tape — featuring clips from three different videos — was not seen by the public or media. Instead, audio was heard in the courthouse.
Kelly is facing multiple...
Kelly is facing multiple...
- 8/20/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago, Ill. — A federal prosecutor made an initial attempt at shedding light on R. Kelly’s “dark side” during opening statements for the disgraced artist’s federal sex crimes and child pornography trial in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Julien told jurors that the superstar singer “had another side, a hidden side, a dark side, that he … did not allow the world to see.” Julien also accused Kelly’s co-defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown of knowing about Kelly’s alleged actions,...
According to the Chicago Tribune, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Julien told jurors that the superstar singer “had another side, a hidden side, a dark side, that he … did not allow the world to see.” Julien also accused Kelly’s co-defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown of knowing about Kelly’s alleged actions,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Althea Legaspi and Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
R. Kelly‘s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted the singer on charges that he produced a video of himself when he was around 30 having sex with a girl no older than 14.
There’s one big difference: This time, prosecutors say, she will testify.
Kelly goes into Chicago federal court already sentenced by a New York federal judge to 30-year prison term for a 2021 conviction on charges he parlayed his fame to sexually abuse other young fans.
Read more: R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say
Among the most serious charges the Grammy Award-winner faces at his federal trial is conspiracy to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, including by paying off and threatening the girl to ensure she did not testify.
Testimony by the woman, now in...
There’s one big difference: This time, prosecutors say, she will testify.
Kelly goes into Chicago federal court already sentenced by a New York federal judge to 30-year prison term for a 2021 conviction on charges he parlayed his fame to sexually abuse other young fans.
Read more: R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say
Among the most serious charges the Grammy Award-winner faces at his federal trial is conspiracy to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, including by paying off and threatening the girl to ensure she did not testify.
Testimony by the woman, now in...
- 8/14/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
September 17th marks the 96th anniversary of the birth of the country-music icon commonly referred to as the “Hillbilly Shakespeare.” Hank Williams not only earned that distinction for the many exceptional songs he wrote throughout his short, turbulent, yet influential career, but for his uncanny ability to connect with radio listeners and concert audiences, whether performing a rousing honky-tonk tune or, in the persona of his alter ego, Luke the Drifter, laying heart and soul bare with a gospel song.
As a child growing up in Alabama, Hank Williams met...
As a child growing up in Alabama, Hank Williams met...
- 9/17/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
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