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R. Kelly Found Guilty of Child Porn in Sex Crimes Trial – Report

[ad_1] For the second time in less than a year, R. Kelly has been found guilty of multiple sex crime charges in court today.After being found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in a separate trial last September, on Wednesday (Sept. 14), R. Kelly has now been found guilty on six of 13 counts in an indictment in his Chicago federal sex crimes trial. A jury of 12 people found the embattled R&B singer guilty on three of the four child pornography counts, and guilty on three of the five enticement of a minor counts.The jury acquitted Kelly of conspiring to obstruct justice, conspiring to receive child pornography, and receiving child pornography, according to a tweet from...

R. Kelly Juror Has Panic Attack During Closing Arguments

[ad_1] A juror in R. Kelly's Chicago federal sex crimes trial reportedly had a panic attack during the closing arguments and will be replaced by an alternate juror.On Monday (Sept. 12), the closing arguments of R. Kelly's second trial in two years took place at Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. According to multiple reporters who were present in court, one of the 12 jurors had a panic attack during the session and was excused from being a part of the dozen who decide the final verdict.Chicago Tribune journalist Jason Meisner reports the excused juror works for a library and appears to be in her 30s. The juror said she had not seen...

R. Kelly’s Former Goddaughter Testifies They Had Sex Underage

[ad_1] R. Kelly's Chicago federal sex crimes trial continues. Yesterday's hearing featured some scandalous testimony from the singer's former goddaughter, who claimed she had sex with Kelly hundreds of times and he filmed the sex acts.On Thursday (Aug. 18), a woman who is being identified as "Jane" took the stand for the prosecution and delivered a shocking account of her relationship with the embattled singer in the mid-1990s, according to local Chicago news outlet WGNTV. "Jane," who is now 37, testified she was only 13 when she met Kelly through her aunt, who was reportedly romantically connected to Kelly at the time. "Jane" testified that her aunt told her to ask Kelly...

R. Kelly Jury to Be Shown Singer’s Alleged Child Sex Tapes

[ad_1] UPDATE (Aug. 17):The U.S. Assistant Attorney has confirmed to XXL that the State plans to show jurors multiple R. Kelly sex tapes during the trial.ORIGINAL STORY (Aug. 17):Jurors in R. Kelly's federal sex crimes trial in Chicago will be shown multiple sex tapes that allegedly feature the embattled singer and underage girls.Opening statements in R. Kelly's Chicago trial began on Wednesday (Aug. 17), with both the prosecution and the defense giving their initial monologues. The 55-year-old singer is being accused of child pornography, obstruction of justice and the enticement of minors into criminal sexual activity. The obstruction charge accuses Kelly, his former business manager Derrel McDavid and associate Milton "June" Brown of conspiring to...

R. Kelly Trial Judge to Allow Jurors Who Saw Surviving R. Kelly

[ad_1] The judge in R. Kelly's Chicago sexual crimes trial has reportedly shot down the embattled singer's attempt to exclude any jurors who have seen the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries.On Monday (Aug. 15), jury selection began for R. Kelly's upcoming trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago as he faces more sexual crimes in his home state. Prior to questioning jurors, Judge Harry D. Leinenweber reportedly denied Kelly's attorney Jennifer Bonjean's motion to omit anyone who saw the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries that aired on Lifetime in 2019, according to local Chicago news outlet NBC 5.In court documents filed on Aug. 14, Bonjean challenged that jurors could be tainted by the infamous...

Feds to Seize R. Kelly’s $27,000 Prison Commissary Fund

[ad_1] R. Kelly's five-figure prison commissary fund is being seized due to outstanding court fines.On Aug. 4, the prosecution in R. Kelly's New York federal sex crimes case filed a motion in regard to obtaining the $27,828.24 the disgraced singer has in his prison commissary reserve in order to pay off the $140,900 he still owes to the court in fine, according to court documents obtained by XXL on Tuesday (Aug. 9)."On June 29, 2022, the Court sentenced the Defendant to serve thirty years in custody, pay a $100,000.00 fine, a $900.00 special assessment and a $40,000.00 Justice for Trafficking Victims Act (“JTVA”) assessment," the motion reads. "The Court did not impose...

R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison – Report

[ad_1] R. Kelly has reportedly been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking charges last year.On Wednesday (June 29), R. Kelly appeared in court to be sentenced, 10 months after he was found guilty in Brooklyn, N.Y. federal court in September of 2021. Judge Ann M. Donnelly sentence Kelly to serve 30 years in prison, according to the New York Times.“The public has to be protected from behaviors like this,” judge Donnelly reportedly told Kelly during the sentencing. “These crimes were calculated and carefully planned and regularly executed for almost 25 years,” she added. “You taught them that love is enslavement and violence.”The musician reportedly declined...

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,...

Prosecutors Believe R. Kelly Married Aaliyah to Avoid Prosecution

[ad_1] R. Kelly made an appearance in a Brooklyn courtroom this week and new details were unveiled in connection to the nine charges he's facing including racketeering and violations to the Mann Act, a federal law that criminalizes any woman or girl being transported for prostitution purposes. Within the uncovered information, prosecutors discussed Kelly's marriage to R&B singer Aaliyah, who was underage at the time.According to court information obtained by XXL on Thursday (Aug. 19), the disgraced Chicago singer's long-awaited trial in New York City began on Wednesday (Aug. 18). During Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez's opening statement, which was also acquired by XXL this morning, she alleged that Kelly, born Robert Sylvester...