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R Kelly

April 2024

  • R Kelly arrives at the Cook county criminal court in Chicago, 13 June 2008.

    US court upholds R Kelly’s 20-year prison term for child sexual abuse

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April 2023

  • ‘Charismatic survivor’ … Kitti Jones, who is interviewed in Surviving R Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter.

    TV review
    Surviving R Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter review – this glorious series has helped to make history

    Repulsion and righteous fury at the activity of the R&B megastar give way to immense pride in every activist, survivor, journalist and film-maker who took on and defeated this wolf in wolf’s clothing

February 2023

  • R Kelly in 2019 in prison garb.

    R Kelly receives 20 years for child sexual abuse to be served concurrently with prior terms

    Disgraced R&B singer will only have to serve an extra year after completing current New York sentence

January 2023

  • R Kelly<br>FILE - R&amp;B singer R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago, June 6, 2019. R. Kelly's former business manager, Derrel McDavid, asked a federal judge on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, to award him $850,000 in attorneys fees after a jury acquitted him during the same trial in Chicago at which the R&amp;B singer was convicted of child pornography charges. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

    Chicago prosecutor to drop sex-abuse charges against R Kelly

    Cook county state attorney makes decision after two federal convictions that ensure singer will be locked up for decades

September 2022

  • R Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton criminal courthouse in Chicago, Illinois.

    R Kelly ordered to pay restitution of $300,000 to his victim

  • Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago.

    R Kelly found guilty on child abuse images and sex abuse charges

August 2022

  • Man wearing suit and sunglasses

    Key witness testifies R Kelly started sexually abusing her when she was 15

    Jane, the pseudonym for the victim, now 37, said they had sex ‘hundreds’ of times before she turned 18

July 2022

  • R Kelly exits a hearing in Chicago, Illinois, in September 2019.

    Prosecutors defend decision to place R Kelly under suicide watch

    Attorneys for the Brooklyn detention center where the singer is being held say he matches the criteria to be put under supervision

June 2022

  • R&B singer R Kelly enters the Cook County Criminal Court Building, Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Chicago. R. Kelly, the R&amp;B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, prosecutors said in a memo filed Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in advance of his sentencing later this month.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

    R Kelly sentenced to 30 years on sexual abuse charges

    R&B singer, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking and racketeering on nine counts involving women, girls and boys
  • Kitti Jones<br>In this courtroom sketch, Kitti Jones, right, speaks during R. Kelly's sentencing in federal court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in New York. Kelly and his attorney Ashley Cohen are seated, background left. The former R&amp;B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

    ‘You destroyed so many lives’: R Kelly victims give emotional statements

    In a series of heart-rending speeches, victims delivered testimony about the impact his crimes had on their lives
  • R. Kelly's girlfriends clash at Trump Tower in Chicago, sending one to a hospital while other is charged with domestic batteru<br>R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Sept. 17, 2019 in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

    R Kelly should get at least 25 years in prison, prosecutors say

    R&B superstar used his fame to systematically ‘prey upon children and young women’, prosecutors wrote in the filing

May 2022

  • Jim DeRogatis: ‘Where was Rolling Stone? Where was the Chicago Tribune?’

    ‘Everyone failed these young, Black girls’: journalist Jim DeRogatis on his decades-long battle to expose R Kelly

    The music critic began reporting on the star’s abuse of Black women and girls back in 2000 – and he kept going for 20 years. Why were his revelations ignored for so long?

November 2021

  • R Kelly at a 2019 hearing.

    R Kelly associate jailed for intimidating singer’s accuser with arson attack

    Michael Williams had pleaded guilty to attack, one of three alleged instances of witness intimidation relating to the Kelly trial, and was sentenced to eight years

October 2021

  • R. Kelly in Concert<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by John D Shearer/BEI/REX/Shutterstock (5125118k) R. Kelly R. Kelly in Concert April 23, 2006 - Indianapolis, IN R. Kelly R. Kelly in Concert Murat Theater Photo ® John D. Shearer/BEImages

    Can the R Kelly verdict lead to a shift in the music industry?

    After years of sexual abuse allegations, the R&B singer has finally had to face punishment for his crimes but will a wider reckoning follow?

September 2021

  • R Kelly in 2019.

    Today in Focus
    The conviction of R Kelly

    More than 20 years after the first allegations of sexual violence and abuse against R Kelly, he has been convicted on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. But as the women of colour who gave evidence celebrate the verdicts, there are renewed questions in the US about how the music industry, the media and the criminal justice system failed to hold him accountable for decades
  • Tayo Bero

    If society valued Black women and girls, convicting R Kelly wouldn’t take so long

    Tayo Bero
    For decades, Kelly hid his predatory behavior in plain sight – and people did nothing

    • R Kelly’s ex-wife says victim shaming stopped women coming forward

    • R Kelly found guilty on racketeering and sex trafficking charges

    • Attorney Gloria Allred says R Kelly is 'the worst' predator she has ever pursued – video

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