R. Kelly

2022 - 9 - 15

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Chicago jury convicts R. Kelly of sex crimes, including child ... (The Washington Post)

A Chicago jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of multiple child pornography charges in the second federal trial looking into sexual assault allegations ...

She said she previously lied to a Cook County grand jury about it, and that she eventually decided to cooperate with investigators and speak about the time she spent with Kelly because, in her words, “I no longer wanted to carry his lies.” Van Allen said she was pressured into the encounter and later told to lie about it to a lawyer. [reported](https://apnews.com/article/r-kelly-entertainment-music-chicago-be63fbea4f5628822dcc269d659f7841) that prosecutors played for the jury excerpts of the videotape they said depicted Kelly sexually abusing Jane. Chicago prosecutors also accused Kelly and his two associates of conspiring to buy back sex tapes to conceal Kelly’s alleged misconduct. The 2008 trial in Chicago, which marked the first time Kelly was indicted on counts related to sexual misconduct, resulted from child pornography charges brought in 2002 after the Chicago Sun-Times was anonymously sent a videotape that appeared to depict Kelly sexually abusing and urinating on a minor. The man in the footage gives the girl graphic commands, according to the AP. Prosecutors in the Chicago case — which [involved numerous charges](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/15/r-kelly-federal-trial-chicago/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5), including five counts of enticing a minor into criminal sexual activity and six related to child pornography — went another route by invoking two counts of conspiracy to obstruct a federal investigation, allegations connected to Kelly’s 2008 trial that also took place in Chicago, his hometown. In this year’s Chicago trial, prosecutors argued that Kelly, McDavid and Brown conspired to bribe witnesses so they would not cooperate with the investigation years ago. On Wednesday, Kelly was found guilty on six of the 13 counts against him: three for coercing minors into sexual activity, and three for producing videos of child sex abuse, according to the AP. “We know the acquittal was not deserved,” he said of Kelly’s 2008 trial. Kelly of multiple child pornography and child sex abuse charges in the second federal trial looking into sexual assault allegations against him, according to the Associated Press. As the hometown of Kelly, who ranked among the most commercially successful R&B artists of the 1990s, Chicago was a complicated backdrop for the trial.

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R. Kelly Convicted in Sex Abuse Case Involving Videos of a ... (The New York Times)

A Chicago federal jury found the singer, who is already serving a 30-year prison sentence, guilty of charges related to videos he made of himself sexually ...

Mr. About a dozen fans showed up to the courthouse each day, and during deliberations, a man set up a speaker that blasted “Step in the Name of Love” and other hits by Mr. A key development for prosecutors who secured the conviction was the decision by the woman at the center of the 2008 trial to testify in this case. Derrel McDavid, Mr. Kelly, had said in an earlier lawsuit that she had actually been 17, the age of consent in Illinois. Bonjean highlighted the fact that the woman at the center of the 2008 trial now has an immunity deal with prosecutors that protects her from perjury charges related to lying to the grand jury at the time. Lawyers for both of the men had argued that they were merely doing their jobs, as directed by Mr. But over the weeks of the trial, prosecutors portrayed Mr. Freeman said that over a period of several years, he had received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Mr. The federal trial in Chicago carried echoes of a state trial held in Illinois in 2008, in which a jury acquitted Mr. Kelly also did not testify at the trial, and left his defense in the hands of his lawyer Jennifer Bonjean, who argued that her client was being prosecuted because of a rush to judgment precipitated by the #MeToo movement. Courthouse in downtown Chicago, the woman took the stand, identified herself as the young girl in the video and testified that the singer had persuaded her to lie to the grand jury.

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R Kelly found guilty on multiple counts in child sexual abuse trial (ABC News)

Singer R Kelly is found guilty on six out of 13 charges, including child pornography and child enticement, delivering another legal blow to a singer who ...

Over objections from Kelly’s lawyer, the judge said they only need to find one. The 55-year-old was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement. - They found R Kelly guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement

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R.Kelly convicted on multiple sex charges (South Coast Register)

R&B singer R. Kelly has been found guilty on charges of luring underage girls to have sex with...

In June, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on his conviction in a New York federal court on racketeering and prostitution charges. The men were accused of trying to bribe and threaten witnesses in a 2008 Illinois case in which Kelly was found not guilty on 14 counts of child pornography. Kelly and both his co-defendants - Milton 'June' Brown and Derrel McDavid - were acquitted on charges they conspired to receive child pornography.

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R Kelly convicted of multiple child abuse material and enticement ... (9News)

Singer R Kelly has been convicted of multiple child abuse material charges at a Chicago federal trial and acquitted on others, according to the Chicago ...

The woman was one of five minors who prosecutors allege Kelly sexually abused in the late 1990s by making explicit videos with four of them. Jurors deliberated for about 10 hours after listening to three weeks-worth of testimony, including from one woman who testified anonymously that Kelly sexually abused her and recorded the interactions when she was as young as 14. Kelly was convicted on three of four child abuse material counts and acquitted on charges that he conspired to obstruct justice at his 2008 trial which stemmed from a 2002 state case.

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R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing (Terrace Standard)

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow ...

They also suggested that at least one of his accusers was 17 — the age of consent in Illinois — when Kelly began pursing her for sex. At Kelly’s Chicago home later that year, Pauline described her shock when she said she first walked in on Kelly and a naked Jane. Jane testified that when her parents confronted Kelly in the early 2000s he dropped to his knees and begged them for forgiveness. Some jurors in the 2008 trial said they had to acquit Kelly because the girl in the video didn’t testify. Another accuser, Pauline, said Jane introduced her to Kelly when they were 14-year-old middle school classmates in 1998. Soon after that meeting, Jane told her parents Kelly was going to be her godfather. A conviction of just one count of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, while receipt of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum of five years. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was desperate to recover child pornographic videos he made and lugged around in a gym bag, witnesses said. They said he offered up to $1 million to recover missing videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would land him in legal peril. He was found not guilty on all three counts of conspiring to receive child pornography and for two further enticement charges. Over objections from Kelly’s lawyer, the judge said they only need to find one.

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R Kelly found guilty in child porn trial (NEWS.com.au)

Disgraced R&B star R Kelly was convicted on federal child pornography charges on Wednesday local time for making videos of himself abusing his 14-year-old ...

Co-defendant Derrell McDavid, Kelly’s former business manager, was also charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, as well as two counts of receiving child porn. Another co-defendant, Kelly associate Milton Brown, faced a count of conspiring to receive child porn. Jurors on Wednesday acquitted Kelly of the conspiracy charge alleging he rigged his earlier trial. That abuse is forever memorialised.” Both testified with immunity. Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash.

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R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing (Terrace Standard)

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow ...

They also suggested that at least one of his accusers was 17 — the age of consent in Illinois — when Kelly began pursing her for sex. At Kelly’s Chicago home later that year, Pauline described her shock when she said she first walked in on Kelly and a naked Jane. Jane testified that when her parents confronted Kelly in the early 2000s he dropped to his knees and begged them for forgiveness. Some jurors in the 2008 trial said they had to acquit Kelly because the girl in the video didn’t testify. Another accuser, Pauline, said Jane introduced her to Kelly when they were 14-year-old middle school classmates in 1998. Soon after that meeting, Jane told her parents Kelly was going to be her godfather. A conviction of just one count of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, while receipt of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum of five years. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was desperate to recover child pornographic videos he made and lugged around in a gym bag, witnesses said. They said he offered up to $1 million to recover missing videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would land him in legal peril. He was found not guilty on all three counts of conspiring to receive child pornography and for two further enticement charges. Over objections from Kelly’s lawyer, the judge said they only need to find one.

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R. Kelly Convicted On Child Pornography And Sex Abuse Charges (Forbes)

The singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison just months ago in a separate child abuse conviction.

[married Aaliyah](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-r-kellys-secret-marriage-to-15-year-old-aaliyah-as-revealed-at-trial), an up-and-coming singer who was only 15 at the time, in an illegal ceremony. The victim decided to cooperate with investigators in 2019, shortly after the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. [extortion and financial exploitation](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/14/arts/r-kelly-chicago-trial-verdict#r-kelly-was-found-guilty-of-producing-child-sexual-abuse-imagery-and-coercing-minors-into-sex).” [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/14/arts/r-kelly-chicago-trial-verdict#r-kelly-was-found-guilty-of-producing-child-sexual-abuse-imagery-and-coercing-minors-into-sex) and [other outlets](https://apnews.com/article/r-kelly-chicago-53e10cd71c4277773989863d6ace05c6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_4). A Chicago jury found R. [lack of testimony](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/14/arts/r-kelly-chicago-trial-verdict#r-kelly-was-found-guilty-of-producing-child-sexual-abuse-imagery-and-coercing-minors-into-sex) from the victim made a conviction difficult, according to the Times.

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R Kelly found guilty on child pornography charges (The Voice Online)

The disgraced singer is currently serving a 30-year sentence for sex trafficking and racketeering.

The disgraced star was also acquitted on the charge of obstruction of justice in his 2002 Cook County case, the On Wednesday, he was found guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement. The American singer has been convicted of six out of 13 counts in a new trial in his hometown of Chicago.

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R. Kelly is convicted of child erotica. Check out the details (Economic Times)

R. Kelly was found guilty of three charges of child enticement and three counts of child erotica.

Brown, a longtime Kelly associate, was found not guilty of obtaining child vulgarity. The 55-year-old artist was found guilty of three charges of child enticement and three counts of child erotica. In addition to two further enticement allegations, on all three counts of conspiring to receive child erotica, he was found not guilty. The judge declared that only one person had to be found over Kelly's attorney's protests. Prosecutors claimed that from 2000 until 2020, there was a plot to conceal his mistreatment. Longtime Kelly business manager [McDavid](/topic/mcdavid)was found not guilty by the jury after being charged with working with Kelly to fix the 2008 trial.

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R. Kelly convicted on six counts of child pornography and sexual ... (NME.com)

R. Kelly has been found guilty by a federal jury on six of 13 counts on child pornography and sexual abuse.

Meanwhile, “Nia”, the final survivor to testify at the trial, shared her experiences meeting Kelly in 1996 when she was 15 years old. In subsequent encounters, Pauline estimated she had sex with Kelly more than 80 times, as well as 60 threesomes with Kelly and Jane between the ages of 14 and 16. The sentencing marks the conclusion of the second federal trial the disgraced singer has faced. [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/r-kelly-chicago-trial-verdict-1234593064/) and [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/r-kelly-found-guilty-on-child-pornography-and-sex-abuse-charges), on Wednesday (September 14) Kelly was convicted of three counts of producing child pornography and three counts of enticing minors to engage in sexual activity. These included the first testimony from a woman named ‘Jane’, who testified earlier in August that Kelly had sexually abused her while she was only 14 years old. Police had initially investigated Jane’s case in 2000, although Jane did not testify in that case’s 2008 state child pornography trial, in which the singer was ultimately acquitted.

Here are the counts R. Kelly was found guilty of — and the ones he ... (Chicago Sun-Times)

The disgraced R&B superstar was found guilty of abusing three girls in federal court in Chicago Wednesday.

• This count involved the sexual abuse of a victim known as Nia. • This count involved efforts to hunt down incriminating videos of Kelly amounting to child pornography. [Sun-Times’ original reporting on Kelly](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/30/22602359/chicago-sun-times-r-kelly-investigation-trial-2008-newspaper-stories), including the story that [led to the singer’s first indictment in 2002](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2002/2/8/22595297/r-kelly-sex-tape-14-year-old-2002-chicago-sun-times-jim-derogatis-abdon-pallasch). Jurors heard discrepancies about Tracy’s age at the time. Count 7, receipt of child pornography: Not Guilty Count 4, production of child pornography: Not guilty

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R Kelly found guilty on child abuse images and sex abuse charges (The Guardian)

The verdict is the latest legal blow for the R&B artist, who faced 13 counts.

They also suggested that at least one of his accusers was 17 – the age of consent in Illinois – when Kelly began pursuing her for sex. Jane testified that when her parents confronted Kelly in the early 2000s he dropped to his knees and begged them for forgiveness. Some jurors in the 2008 trial said they had to acquit Kelly because the girl in the video did not testify. Soon after that meeting, Jane told her parents Kelly was going to be her godfather. A conviction of just one count of child abuse images carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, while receipt of child abuse images carries a mandatory minimum of five years. He was found not guilty on all three counts of conspiring to receive child abuse images and for two further enticement charges.

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EXPLAINER: R. Kelly acquitted on rigging trial. Why? (ABC News)

Federal prosecutors this week scored multiple convictions against R. Kelly at the singer's trial in Chicago.

They noted that Kelly remained friendly with Jane and her parents for many years after the 2008 trial. Follow Michael Tarm on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mtarm and find AP’s full coverage of the R. She said she was 14 in the video and that the man was Kelly, who would have been around 30. The rent payments to Jane after 2014, they say, was part of the continuous conspiracy. She testified she lied to a state grand jury in 2002 when she said that it was not her. She said she wanted to protect Kelly, and added: “I also did not want that person to be me. So prosecutors had to show the conspiracy ran up to at least 2014. Jurors at that trial said they had no choice but to acquit Kelly because the victim did not testify. The conspirators, said prosecutors, applied particular pressure on a girl — now 37 and referred to in federal court as “Jane” — and her parents. Steps Kelly and others allegedly took to fix the 2008 trial happened two decades ago, so memories of how the purported crime unfolded have dimmed. Jurors also acquitted Kelly of receiving child pornography and one count of producing child pornography. He said he was pleased Kelly was “finally being held accountable.”

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R. Kelly convicted: R. Kelly is convicted of child erotica. Check out ... (The Economic Times)

R. Kelly was found guilty of three charges of child enticement and three counts of child erotica.

Brown, a longtime Kelly associate, was found not guilty of obtaining child vulgarity. The 55-year-old artist was found guilty of three charges of child enticement and three counts of child erotica. In addition to two further enticement allegations, on all three counts of conspiring to receive child erotica, he was found not guilty. The judge declared that only one person had to be found over Kelly's attorney's protests. Prosecutors claimed that from 2000 until 2020, there was a plot to conceal his mistreatment. Longtime Kelly business manager [McDavid](/topic/mcdavid)was found not guilty by the jury after being charged with working with Kelly to fix the 2008 trial.

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