r. kelly sexual misconduct
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Seems Like He's Not Ready for Jail: Lawyer Complains R. Kelly Can Only Visit One of His Girlfriends at a Time
Robert “R.” Kelly wants out of jail. Naturally. Kelly’s attorney, Steven Greenberg has a couple of reasons why his client should be released, one of which happens to be Kelly’s inability to visit all of his girlfriends at once. “His visits are severely restricted; presently, he is only allowed one unrelated person to visit. In…
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R. Kelly Traffics in Victim-Blaming, Calling Sex Crime Accusers ‘Disgruntled Groupies’ Who Were ‘Dying to Be With Him’
Lawyers for accused pedophile Robert “R.” Kelly say the embattled R&B singer’s troubles are basically the result of groupie love gone wrong. Kelly, 52, faces federal charges in Chicago and New York, including allegations that he ran a sex trafficking ring targeting women and girls, produced child pornography, and paid off a girl and her…
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R. Kelly to Be Brought to New York in Cuffs to Face Arraignment on Federal Sex Crime Charges in That State
The screws are being tightened on embattled singer Robert “R.” Kelly. A federal judge has ordered that Kelly, currently being held without bail in isolation in a federal prison in Chicago, be transported to New York next month for arraignment on federal racketeering charges there that he recruited girls for sexual abuse, the Chicago Tribune…
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R. Kelly Denied Bond, to Be Held in New York on Multiple Federal Sex Crime Charges
Welp. On Tuesday in a Chicago federal court, U.S. District Harry Leinenweber ordered Robert “R.” Kelly to be held without bond in relation to federal charges on sex crimes involving children as well as alleged obstruction of justice, ABC Chicago reports. The charges stem from Kelly allegedly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for child-sex…
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R. Kelly Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
Looks like embattled singer R. Kelly has caught a federal case. According to WNBC News 4 New York, citing law enforcement sources, officers from the New York Police Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security traveled to Chicago to arrest Kelly on federal sex trafficking charges. Kelly was expected to be transported to New…
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Tarana Burke Says Ava DuVernay Was ‘The Only One’ of Many Prominent Black Women Who Would Go on Record Against R. Kelly
As I write this, there is still a debate waging in one of our comments sections over whether filmmaker Ava DuVernay is obligated to embrace the term “auntie” or not (for the record, we think everyone should embrace whatever term they want). But as #MeToo creator Tarana Burke revealed on Tuesday night, DuVernay took an…
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Rated X: R. Kelly Hit With 11 New Sex Assault Charges
The R is facing an X rating when it comes to a slew of new sex assault charges R. Kelly got hit with Thursday. Details are scarce, but Cook County prosecutors filed 11 new felony charges against the singer, with four of the charges—aggravated criminal sexual assault—designated as Class X felonies that carry sentences of…
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R Kelly Hands Ex $62,000 Check in Court; Judge Grants Singer the Chance to Fight Civil Sex Assault Case
It was a day of partial wins and continued Ls for disgraced singer R. Kelly Wednesday. By order of a court in Chicago, Kelly’s lawyer handed over a $62,000 check to Kelly’s ex-wife, Andrea, to bring Kelly’s child support payments up to date, the Associated Press reports, while in a different Chicago courtroom, Kelly was…
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Lifetime Announces Surviving R. Kelly Follow-Up Special Hosted By Soledad O’Brien
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lifetime has ordered a two-hour special, Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact, to delve even deeper into the effects of dream hampton’s groundbreaking reporting. The special, hosted by Soledad O’Brien, will examine how the original docuseries took the industry by storm and advanced the national conversation on surviving sexual violence. According…
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R. Kelly Loses Sexual Abuse Case After Failing to Show Up in Court
After failing to show up in Cook County Circuit Court to face allegations that he sexually abused an underage girl in the late 1990s, embattled singer R. Kelly lost a civil lawsuit by default. Chicago Tribune reports that the “Ignition” singer was served a court summons in March while detained in Cook County Jail for…