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Chuck D wants to make it very clear he is not a fan of R. Kelly, contrary to what some may believe. Shortly after Kelly was found guilty in his weeks-long federal trial, the Public Enemy member took to Twitter to weigh in on the jury’s decision. Chuck likened the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer to artists […]
A jury found R. Kelly guilty of all counts in a federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial earlier this week, resulting in the singer now facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years (and up to life) in prison. Following news of the verdict, TMZ shared a short video featuring Bill Cosby spokesperson Andrew Wyatt. In the clip, […]
An attorney for R. Kelly’s raised eyebrows this week when he likened the disgraced artist—legal name Robert Sylvester Kelly—to Martin Luther King Jr. According to TMZ, defense lawyer Deveraux Cannick made the comparison during Thursday’s closing arguments in Kelly’s sex-crimes trial. Cannick told the jury that MLK was labeled a “rabble-rouser” and was ultimately killed for trying to secure equality for […]
A former R. Kelly background dancer has testified that she saw the R&B singer perform a sexual act on Aaliyah when she was underage. The 10th accuser in Kelly’s ongoing sex-crime trial in Brooklyn, who is going by the name “Angela” and also accusing Kelly of having sexual intercourse with her when she was 14 or 15 in the early ‘90s, […]
On Tuesday, an ex-employee of R. Kelly’s testified that the singer once had his girlfriends fight one another to punish them for their perceived misbehaving at his birthday party. This incident is alleged to have happened after Kelly caught his partners twerking while he was celebrating the day of his birth at his Chicago studio back in January 2016. The […]
One of R. Kelly’s alleged victims says the disgraced singer described himself as a “genius” who could do whatever he wanted—even have sexual relations with underage girls. The allegations came to light in federal court Thursday, during a bombshell testimony from a 39-year-old woman who was identified only as “Stephanie.” The witness recalled an incident in […]
Federal prosecutors have shed more light on R. Kelly’s illegal marriage to Aaliyah. According to the New York Times, the disgraced R&B singer appeared in court on Wednesday for the start of his federal racketeering trial, in which he faces multiple allegations of sexual abuse. While giving her opening statements, Brooklyn Assistant US Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez addressed Kelly’s alleged […]
Over two years after R. Kelly was charged with abusing women and underage girls for almost two decades, the first phase of the R&B singer’s sex trafficking trial. With jury selection underway, TMZ reports R. Kelly’s lawyers have asked the court to throw out charges claiming he knowingly exposed two people to herpes. According to new legal documents […]
R. Kelly’s lawyers are arguing against federal prosecutors’ request to use additional allegations in the singer’s upcoming sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn. The new allegations that prosecutors are requesting a judge’s permission to discuss in court include the sexual abuse of minors, unlawful imprisonment, bribery and physical abuse. The new allegations reportedly include those of Kelly sexually abusing a 17-year-old […]
Federal prosecutors asked for a judge’s permission on Friday to share new allegations against R. Kelly during his upcoming sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn, arguing that they are “directly relevant to and inextricably intertwined with the evidence of the charged crimes.” The allegations, according to NPR, include a 17-year-old boy being sexually abused, teenage girls and […]
