When a judge was ready to sentence R. Kelly for sexually exploiting children, Breon Peace, the federal government’s top prosecutor in Brooklyn, was in the courtroom’s front row. Peace, who oversees more than 160 attorneys and many times that number of cases, can’t go to many hearings personally. This one …
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More than five years after she came out in support of R. Kelly’s survivors, the singer’s daughter Buku Abi has alleged that she, too, was sexually abused by her father. In the new documentary R. Kelly‘s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey on TVEI Streaming Network, Abi claims that she was abused …
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Legal representatives for R. Kelly are petitioning to have the disgraced singer’s federal sex abuse conviction overturned. An appeal filed to the Supreme Court this week argues that the charges against him relating to sex crimes involving minors fall outside of the statute of limitations. The argument set forth by …
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R. Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean has filed an appeal on behalf of the disgraced rapper. The singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty on all counts of racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child and kidnapping by a jury at his 2021 federal trial held in …
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Chicago, IL— R. Kelly was sentenced to only one additionalyear in prison over federal child pornography charges in Chicago on Thursday. Last September, a federal jury convicted the disgraced singer on six of 13 counts, including three counts each of producing child pornography and enticing minors into illegal sexual activity. …
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Ahead of R. Kelly’s sentencing hearing next week on federal child pornography charges, the Chicago judge overseeing the case denied a bid by the singer’s lawyers for a new trial Thursday. In Sept. 2022, Kelly was found guilty on six of the 13 counts, including creating child pornography and enticing …
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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced on Monday that her office is dropping the pending sexual assault and abuse cases against disgraced singer and convicted felon R. Kelly, following federal convictions against him in New York and Chicago. Kelly is already serving 30 years for his conviction in New …
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At a time when the true-crime genre has reached a creative nadir, as streaming services churn out assembly-line products that prioritize shock value over victims’ stories — and even stoop to paying perpetrators for exclusive access — Surviving R. Kelly stands out. Premiering in January 2019, Dream Hampton’s docuseries painted …
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Surviving R. Kelly, the Lifetime documentary series, premiered in 2019 with its first set of episodes detailing decades of alleged sexual assault, abuse, and misconduct at the hands of one of R&B’s biggest stars. With the second set of episodes, released in 2020, the creators put a spotlight on the …
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A new R. Kelly album titled I Admit It appeared on streaming services on Friday but R. Kelly has denied involvement with its release, calling it a plot to undermine him in court, according to audio obtained by TMZ. Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, claimed that Kelly recorded the audio on …
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