R Kelly

Convicted sex offender R Kelly has received a 20-year prison sentence for producing child sexual abuse imagery and the sexual coercion of minors.

The latest sentence was handed to by Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago. I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly. Last September, the singer was convicted for sex trafficking, after he was found guilty of exploiting his status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over the course of two decades.

The 56-year-old singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty of six of the 13 charges brought against him (all were filed in 2019), ...

R Kelly’s lawyers have decided to appeal the convictions in both New York and Chicago. He was also acquitted of the conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his state child p*rnography trial in 2008. Kelly technically avoids a life sentence, though he is still serving a full 31 years in prison.

“The nature of this offence is horrific,” Judge Leinenweber said in explaining the 20-year sentence. He noted that Kelly's sexual abuse victims would suffer ...

Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)’. “He is 56 years of age.” Another accuser, who used the pseudonym “Nia”, addressed Kelly directly in court. “It’s the right outcome,” Ms Bonjean said. “The judge was reasonable.

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

The disgraced singer was found guilty on three counts of producing child pornography and three of enticement of minors for sex in his hometown of Chicago in ...

The singer will serve an additional year on top of his current jail sentence in New York.

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R. Kelly - whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - has been sentenced 20 years in prison for child pornography and other charges.

[Buzzfeed News](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult)reported on claims made by parents who alleged that Kelly had brainwashed their daughters and kept them in an abusive “cult”. This resulted in Spotify removing Kelly’s music from its platform. This conviction comes six weeks after victims shared their testimonies of the disgraced singer’s involvement in the recruiting of women and teenagers for sex, before grooming and brutally abusing them. A month after the documentary’s premier, R Kelly was arrested and charged in Chicago with According to the publication, he will serve most of this simultaneously with the 30-year sentence he is currently serving. [Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/r-kelly-some-of-the-key-allegations-from-the-trial-12420046), R Kelly and Aaliyah wed in a secret ceremony following the release of her debut album, Age Aint Nothing But a Number.

A federal judge in Chicago, the United States on Thursday sentenced American R&B singer, R. Kelly to 20 years in prison for child sex crimes.

Leinenweber agreed, saying in court that he did not think the singer would be likely to commit the same kind of crimes in his 80s. Kelly received after a jury in Brooklyn convicted him of racketeering and sex trafficking charges. “The only way to ensure he will not re-offend is to impose a sentence that will keep him in prison for the rest of his life,” Jeannice Williams Appenteng, one of the prosecutors, said in court on Thursday.

Since the 1990s, Kelly has been accused and convicted of several crimes, including prostitution, child abuse, sex trafficking and child pornography.

Despite all the accusations and court cases, music celebrities and producers continued to work with Kelly and promoted his music over the years. *Sex trafficking: In 2021, the singer was convicted of sex trafficking. *Child pornography: In 2002, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Kelly allegedly had sex with a minor and videotaped it. The case was settled out of court. A year later, the singer formed another group, Public Announcement, and with them released “Born Into The ’90s”, which went on to become a platinum album. The singer is already serving a 30 year prison term for his 2021 conviction on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

Questions in the Chicago district court were whether R Kelly would serve his new sentence simultaneously with, or at the end of, his current 30-year sentence, which would equal a lifetime sentence. Prosecutors had argued that serving the prison time after ...

[sentenced to one extra year in prison](http://go.skimresources.com/?id=125352X1647774&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fr-kelly-to-serve-additional-one-year-in-prison-after-conviction-on-federal-charges-12818145&sref=https://www.scotsman.com/read-this/r-kelly-sentenced-to-extra-year-in-prison-charges-relate-to-child-enticement-indecent-photos-of-children-4040658) on charges relating to child enticement and indecent photos of children after a ruling by federal court. Kelly will now serve a maximum 31 years in prison and is not eligible for release until he is 80 years old. Accusations against the singer had been appearing as early as the 1990s, but the 2019 documentary Surviving R Kelly and the MeToo movement caused public outrage, eventually leading to his arrest and sentencing.

R Kelly was once a high-flying R&B star, but now he's a convicted sex offender in jail. US District Judge Harry Leinenweber sentenced R Kelly to 20 years in ...

Furthermore, he faced 12 counts of producing child sexual images in Florida. R Kelly is serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering in New York in 2021. The court also tossed out three counts of conspiring to receive child pornography and two enticement charges. However, the court did not find him guilty of the obstruction of justice charges. R Kelly was once a high-flying R&B star, but now he's a convicted sex offender in jail. The court found him guilty on charges of child pornography.

The singer is already serving a 30-year prison sentence on pedophilia charges.

In September 2022, Kelly was found guilty and convicted on three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. Kelly has been sentenced to one additional year in jail on top of his 30-year sentence on pedophilia charges. Kelly sentenced to one additional year in jail for pedophilia