R. Kelly appearing in court in Chicago in Sept. 2019, alongside his attorney Steven Greenberg (L). Antonio Perez/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case in May 2019 in Chicago. Matt Marton/AP hide caption
The lawyer for a leading accuser of R. Kelly says prosecutors shouldn't have dropped charges against Kelly before his appeals of federal criminal convictions were resolved. The singer is seen here in a courthouse in Chicago. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
In this illustration drawn from a video feed, the prosecution presents its closing argument in the federal trial against singer R. Kelly on Sept. 22 in New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
A courtroom sketch shows R. Kelly telling Judge Ann M. Donnelly he won't take the stand in his own defense. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
A courtroom artist sketch of opening arguments in the federal case against R. Kelly. Prosecutors called the pop star a "predator" who used his fame to lure girls, boys and women into becoming sex abuse victims. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
In this courtroom artist's sketch made from a video screen monitor, R. Kelly (left) and lawyer Thomas Farinella listen during the opening day of his trial on Aug. 18, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
In courtroom artist's sketch made from a video screen monitor, defendant R. Kelly, left, listens during the opening day of his New York federal trial in Brooklyn on Aug. 18. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago in September 2019. Antonio Perez/Pool via Getty Images hide caption
Singer R. Kelly appears in a Chicago courtroom in March 2019. The charges that R. Kelly faces in New York include racketeering "to prey upon young women and teenagers," and sexually trafficking these girls and women between states. E. Jason Wambsgans/Getty Images hide caption
R. Kelly's Trial Has Begun. The Singer Faces Decades Of Sex Abuse Charges
R. Kelly, arriving for a court hearing in Chicago in May 2019. Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images hide caption
Singer and songwriter R. Kelly at a court hearing in Chicago in September 2019. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
R. Kelly, appearing at a hearing in his federal trial in Illinois in Sept. 2019. Kelly currently faces 22 federal charges in two separate indictments: one in New York and one in Illinois. Antonio Perez/Getty Images hide caption
Journalist Gretchen Carlson addresses the crowd before the planned screening of Surviving R. Kelly in New York on Dec. 4, 2018. The room was evacuated after a gun threat was called in. Chance Yeh/Getty Images for A&E hide caption
An attorney for R. Kelly, seen in May 2019, said his client "had nothing to do with any of these alleged acts by those charged." Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Singer R. Kelly, appearing in court in Chicago in June 2019. E. Jason Wambsgans/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
R. Kelly attends a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago in September 2019. Antonio Perez/Getty Images hide caption
The late R&B singer Aaliyah, posing backstage at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1995. Catherine McGann/Getty Images hide caption
R. Kelly supporter Joycelyn Savage leaves Kelly's status hearing in his racketeering and sex trafficking case in New York City on Aug. 2. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters hide caption
Joycelyn Savage (left) and Azriel Clary, two women who lived with R. Kelly, are seen here leaving a Chicago court room in July 2019. Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images hide caption
R. Kelly, photographed at a court hearing in Illinois on June 26, 2019. E. Jason Wambsgans/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
This June photo of R. Kelly shows him departing a courtroom in Chicago in a case related to a state sexual abuse case. On Thursday, federal prosecutors said an additional criminal prosecution against Kelly has been launched. Amr Alfiky/AP hide caption