Kelly, the already fallen R’n’B star was sentenced to thirty years in prison in June for sex crimes against young women, and sometimes teens, and was sentenced Wednesday, September 14, for producing child pornography and embezzlement of a minor, according to the newspaper. Chicago Grandstand.
Attorney General John Lash revealed to the media in the third largest city in the United States that the minimum sentence to be added would be ten years, which could be up to ninety years in prison for 55-year-old Robert Sylvester Kelly. judgment Robert Kelly held responsible for sexual violence committed against a 14-year-old girlC said. “The suffering that Mr. Kelly has inflicted on his victims is enormous.”Added hello to “Strength, determination and courage” of those who testified at the trial.
Excerpts from videos showing sexual violence perpetrated by R. The artist was convicted in September 2021 in New York for piloting a plane ” the system “ Sexual exploitation of young people, including adolescent girls.
The singer, known worldwide for his hit I think I can fly And 75 million of his records were sold, and a federal jury was acquitted of other charges of obstruction of justice. He and two former colleagues – who were also acquitted on Wednesday – were charged with obstructing the course of his 2008 child pornography trial, in which a jury found him not guilty. They were accused of threatening and corrupting a victim who did not later testify. Now 37, she spoke this time.
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This lawsuit was seen as a major step in the #metoo movement: it was the first time that most of the plaintiffs were black women and had accused a black artist. For decades, R. Kelly’s success has been tainted by suspicions of sexual violence, the subject of persistent rumours. He had long been able to silence them with financial agreements that included confidentiality clauses.
Early in 2017, two women, Kennette Barnes and Oronic O’Deeley, called for a boycott of his songs, posting the hashtag “Mute R. Kelly” (“Shut up R. Kelly”). In January 2019, the documentary series Surviving R. Kelly nail led. Several victims described the singer as manipulative, violent, and obsessed with very young girls.
During the trial in New York, victims described the tactics the singer used to lure very young girls using his fame, and with the complicity of those around him. Many of them met the star at concerts, after which a small piece of paper was thrown, indicating the contact details of R. Kelly. They promised that he would do something for their music career.
Instead, they do “indoctrinate” in the middle “nasty” From R. Kelly, they were forced to have intercourse and continued to do so ” the system “ by “Coercive measures”According to the prosecution.
The singer has managed to rise to the top of the music industry despite his turbulent personal life, including his – then annulled – marriage to his 15-year-old stepdaughter Alia. R Kelly wrote and produced the late artist’s debut album in 2001, Age is not Nothin’ but a number (“age is just a number”).
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