Disgraced former R&B star R Kelly has been found guilty of child sexual abuse and producing child pornography.
The singer, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted of six out of the 13 counts in the Chicago trial lasting four weeks.
The court heard that the 55-year-old singer lured three underage girls into having sex with him and produced three child sexual abuse videos. Kelly is already serving a 30-year sentence in New York for sex trafficking and racketeering, after being found guilty in 2021.The latest verdict is expected to now add years to his sentence. On last years verdict alone, Kelly will not be released until he is around 80-years-old.
At Wednesday's trial, Kelly was acquitted for fixing a 2008 state trial on child pornography charges. Two of his former associates, including his business manager, Darrel McDavid, were also accused of fixing the 2008 trial. They were cleared of all charges. The recent trial and the 2008 trial both centred around the same 30-minute video of Kelly abusing a child. The then 14-year-old girl, known by the pseudonym “Jane” previously refused to testify in court in the 2008 trial. Now 37, Jane testified to the court that she was the child in the footage. Jane said that Kelly had sexually abused her hundreds of times.
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