September 27, 2021
R. Kelly Found Guilty of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking
[ad_1] R. Kelly could not escape the long arm of the law this time.According to The New York Times on Monday (Sept. 27), following weeks of testimony and nine hours of deliberation, a jury of seven men and five women found the disgraced crooner guilty of racketeering and eight violations of sex trafficking charges in a Brooklyn federal courtroom today.NPR reported this afternoon that Kelly faces between 10 years and life in prison.The 54-year-old singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was arrested in 2019 and accused of orchestrating a criminal enterprise where he recruited underage girls and woman and subjected them to vile treatment, according to witness testimony. Specifically, he was charged with bribery,...