r. kelly victims
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R. Kelly Learns the Date He’s to Face the Music on Federal Sex Abuse Charges in Chicago
R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago on charges he sexually abused girls and paid off witnesses and victims to rig his 2008 child pornography trial is set to begin in April of next year, a federal judge decided Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, however, said the April 27, 2020, trial date could change depending…
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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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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…
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Lawyer Michael Avenatti Confirms Existence of Third R. Kelly Tape with Underage Girl
When he’s not preoccupied with being a thorn in Donald Trump’s side, celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti occupies his time by attempting to bring embattled crooner R. Kelly to justice. On Saturday, he took to Twitter to confirm the existence of a third tape featuring the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer sexually abusing an underage…
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Top Dallas R&B Radio Stations Saw Something Wrong With R. Kelly's Bump N' Grind—and Banned His Music
Almost a week after Lifetime’s docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, we’ve been issued the remix to conviction with Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney’s Office opening up an investigation against the “Pied Piper of R&B” for his years of allegedly abusing black women and girls. And today, two prominent Dallas radio stations, KRNB and K104, have vowed…
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Underage Threesomes, Hush Payments, and Other Revelations from the 2nd Night of Surviving R. Kelly
Surviving R. Kelly is a lot to process. As the latest docuseries from Lifetime, it’s forced our community to confront our fear of the dark and acknowledge the monster that lives under our bed. Equal parts eye-opening and nauseating, it’s provided us with not only firsthand accounts of his abhorrent, predatory behavior, but provided context…
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Lawyer, Publicist, Assistant Drop R. Kelly Like a Bad Habit
Like rodents fleeing from a taking-too-long-to-sink ship, most of R. Kelly’s team has bid the embattled singer adieu. His spokesperson, Trevian Kutti, confirmed to Pitchfork that she no longer works with Kelly as of this week. In addition, there are reports that Kelly’s entertainment attorney, Linda Mensch, who defended Kelly during the 2017 allegations that…
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Exclusive: R. Kelly Likes Women to Be Like ‘His Puppy, His Mother or His Daughter,’ Says His Latest Accuser
Another day, another young woman coming forward with allegations against alleged serial predator Robert Sylvester Kelly, 51. The young woman was 19 at the time she says she met the singer known as R. Kelly in 2017 at a concert in Dallas. They formed a sexual relationship over the course of 11 months that quickly…
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New Accuser Says R. Kelly Gave Her an STD
R. Kelly is facing yet another allegation of sexual misconduct, and this time, a new accuser says the R&B singer infected her with a sexually transmitted disease, as well as groomed her for his “sex cult.” According to the New York Daily News, the woman was 19 when she began seeing Kelly in June of…