R Kelly News

Kelly is already serving a 30-year prison term for his 2021 conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in a New York federal court, reported CNN. US District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber said in court on Thursday that 19 years of the 20-year prison sentence would be served concurrently, or at the same time as his other sentence.

R Kelly child pornography case: The verdict delivered on Wednesday follows the testimony of Kelly's goddaughter, who went by the pseudonym Jane. 

A six-week trial revealed how R Kelly had used workers and intermediaries to entice fans and aspiring singers into sexually abusive and controlling conditions, including locking them in rooms without food or access to a bathroom for days. 

Multiplatinum R&B singer R. Kelly will be sentenced for exploiting his stardom and wealth over decades to lure women and girls for sex. Kelly, 55, was convicted last September in Brooklyn federal court following a 5-1/2 week trial.

The music star denied all allegations against him and pleaded not guilty In January 2019, Lifetime released the docuseries titled ‘Surviving R Kelly’

Kelly has been jailed for more than two years and could face decades in prison if convicted Even if he is acquitted, he still faces sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota, where he has also pleaded not guilty

Kelly has been jailed for more than two years and could face decades in prison if convicted Even if he is acquitted, he still faces sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota, where he has also pleaded not guilty

Prosecutors said the 54-year-old Kelly, known for such hits as "I Believe I Can Fly," ran a criminal scheme in which women and underage girls were recruited to have sexual activity with him They have alleged he bribed an Illinois official in 1994 to obtain false identification for singer Aaliyah, who was then 15 years old, so they could get married. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas in 2001

American singer R Kelly, who is awaiting trial on child pornography charges, wants to be released from solitary confinement in a Chicago prison, according to his lawyer.

The Grammy-winning performer, whose full legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, already is accused of preying on numerous juveniles in federal cases in New York City and Chicago and in a state case brought in Cook County, Illinois.

He is facing two separate federal indictments, one in northern Illinois and one in New York. The New York Eastern District was expected to file racketeering charges on Friday.

However, it was later proved to be a false alarm.

The cast of "Saturday Night Live" mocked rapper R. Kelly's recent interview with Gayle King, which had led to a controversy.

  Rapper R. Kelly has denied the sexual abuse allegations against him, in his first interview after he was arrested and released.

US singer R. Kelly was released from jail on a $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty to 10 sexual abuse charges against three minors.

Singer R. Kelly has turned himself, hours after he was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a class 2 felony, involving four alleged victims.

Kelly was previously arrested in 2002 for his alleged involvement in a child pornography tape that featured similar sexual acts. 

Christina Aguilera has offered support to Lady Gaga for her decision to remove her duet with R Kelly, "Do What U Want?, from streaming services and digital music retailers.

Singer-actor Lady Gaga has apologised for her past collaboration with R&B artiste R Kelly, who has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women.