Kelly, 55, was found guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement. But the jury acquitted him of a fourth count of pornography as well as a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his 2008 child pornography trial, in which he was acquitted. He was also found not guilty of all three counts of conspiracy to receive child pornography and two more counts of solicitation. His two co-defendants were found not guilty of all charges. The conviction marks the latest fall from grace for Kelly, who is already serving a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to extortion and sex trafficking in New York last September. Story continues below ad
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Known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and sex-heavy songs like “Bump n’ Grind,” Kelly sold millions of albums even after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced in the 1990s. outrage arose after the #MeToo account and the 2019 Lifetime documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly.” In the Chicago trial, prosecutors tried to paint a picture of Kelly as a manipulator who used his fame and wealth to frame his fans, some of them minors, for sexual abuse and then dump them. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was desperate to retrieve child pornography videos she made and was packing a gym bag, witnesses said. They said he offered up to $1 million to recover the lost videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would put him in legal jeopardy. The conspiracy to cover up his abuse lasted from 2000 to 2020, prosecutors said. Kelly and co-defendant Derrell McDavid, Kelly’s former manager, were accused of fixing Kelly’s 2008 trial on state child pornography charges by intimidating and paying off witnesses. Trending Stories
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A woman who testified under the pseudonym Jane — one of Kelly’s four accusers who took the witness stand — was the government’s lead and instrumental in the fixing charge, which accused Kelly of using threats and payments to get her to say lies before him. 2008 trial and to ensure that she and her parents would not testify. Story continues below ad A single video, which prosecutors said shows Kelly abusing a girl about 14 years old, was the focus of that trial. Jane, now 37, testified publicly for the first time last month that she was the girl in the video and that the man who molested her was Kelly, who would be in her 30s. 3:33 R. Kelly Trial: The US Attorney says the verdict “forever brands” singer “a predator” R. Kelly Trial: The US Attorney says the verdict “forever brands” singer “a predator” – 27 September 2021 Some jurors in the 2008 trial said they should have acquitted Kelly because the girl in the video did not testify. At the federal trial in Chicago, Jane said she lied to a state grand jury in 2002 when she said she wasn’t the one in the video, saying part of the reason she lied was that she cared about Kelly and didn’t want to take him. in trouble. Jane told jurors she was 15 when they first had sex. Asked how many times they had sex before she turned 18, she quietly replied: “Countless times. Hundreds.” Story continues below ad
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Kelly faced four counts of producing child pornography, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice by fixing the 2008 trial, one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography, two counts of actually receiving and five counts of enticing minors for sex. McDavid was charged with four counts – two of receiving child pornography, one of conspiracy and one of conspiracy to obstruct justice – perverting the 2008 trial, in which Kelly was acquitted. Co-defendant Milton Brown, a former associate of Kelly’s, faced a single count of conspiracy to receive child pornography. — with files from The Associated Press © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
