The State Attorney of Cook County in the US state of Illinois, Kim Foxx, yesterday announced that her office is dropping the charges it previously filed against R Kelly, concluding that the prosecution isn’t necessary given that the musician has already been convicted of similar crimes in the federal courts of both Illinois and New York.Kelly faced charges in multiple US jurisdictions following the broadcast of the documentary ‘Surviving R Kelly’ in 2019. That programme, of course, put the spotlight on the many allegations of sexual abuse that had been made against the star in the preceding decades.The first case to get to court, in 2021, was in New York, where Kelly was found guilty of building and running a criminal enterprise in order to access and abuse women and teenagers.Then last year, Kelly was found guilty in the federal court in his home city of Chicago of three charges of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and three more in relation to his filming of that sexual abuse of children.Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in jail in relation to the New York conviction.
Carole Cook dead at 98
12.01.2023 - 15:25 / msn.com
Carole Cook has died. The 'Sixteen Candles' actress - who portrayed Grandma Helen in the cult 1980s classic - passed away on Wednesday (11. 01.
23), just three days before her 99th birthday, as a result of heart failure, her husband Tom Troupe has announced. Carole, whose real name was Mildred Frances Cook, was born in Texas but was brought to Los Angeles on the behest of Lucille Ball, who met with her and helped establish her stage name. The pair worked together on 'The Lucy Show' from 1963 to 1968 and then spin-off 'Here's Lucy' from 1969 to 1974 and remained good friends until the comedy legend died in 1989.
Carole also made three appearances on Broadway - including in the Tony Award-winning musical '42nd Street' - and played Don Knotts' wife Bessie Limet in 1964's 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet', with other film roles including parts in 'American Gigolo', 'A Very Sordid Wedding', and 'The Gauntlet'. She was still working in 2018, with a one-woman show in which she sang and shared her memories staged at Feinstein's/54 Below in New York.
She said of the gig: “At my age, playing [here] is not a career move. I have jewellery bigger than this room. ” In September 2018, the actress caused controversy when she suggested President Donald Trump should be assassinated in an interview with TMZ when she and her husband were outside Craig's in West Hollywood.
She said: “Where is John Wilkes Booth when you need him, right?” Her remarks sparked a visit from the Secret Service, of which she said: "They couldn’t have been nicer. I said, ‘I can’t go to prison, the stripes are horizontal, they don’t look good on me. '” Carole married Tom in March 1964, with Lucille as matron of honour.
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Actress Carole Cook dies aged 98
Actress Carole Cook has passed away at the age of 98. Cook's actor husband Tom Troupe announced on Wednesday that the Sixteen Candles star had died of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She died three days before her 99th birthday.
Carole Cook Dies: Lucille Ball Protégé And ‘Sixteen Candles’ Actress Was 98
Carole Cook, a protege of Lucille Ball who would become a familiar face through appearances on Ball’s TV shows, movies like The Incredible Mr. Limpet and Sixteen Candles and stage musicals 42nd Street and Romantic Comedy, died today of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California, just three days before her 99th birthday.