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R. Kelly Convicted of Multiple Child Pornography Charges Following Racketeering, Sex Trafficking Conviction
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Facing the music. R. Kelly was convicted of multiple child pornography charges during a Chicago trial on Wednesday, September 14.
The 55-year-old rapper (full name Robert Sylvester Kelly) was found guilty on three counts of child pornography, according to the Chicago Tribune. Each charge carries a minimum of 10 years in prison, per the outlet.
The jury also found Kelly guilty on three of five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.
“There was a mixed verdict, but we won more counts than we lost,” Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean said outside court following the verdict. “If this jury concluded that he was guilty on the first three counts, would they care enough to consider the evidence on the rest? And they demonstrated that they did. They did their job. They looked at each count separately.”
On Wednesday, the “Ignition” musician was acquitted on seven counts, one of which was a child pornography count. The other six were: one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and four conspiracy counts, WGN9 reported.
Kelly was accused of 13 counts of producing and receiving child pornography, enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to obstruct justice ahead of the trial. On Wednesday, the jury took about 10 hours before making their verdict.
Their deliberation began after a three-week trial, which consisted of a testimony from one of Kelly’s alleged sexual assault victims. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, claimed on the stand that the singer abused her when she was 14 and tapped the interaction.
The woman’s alleged interaction with Kelly was one of five reports that prosecutors used to convict the Chicago native. The “I
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R Kelly convicted of six counts on child abuse image charges in latest criminal trial
R Kelly has been convicted of six out of 13 counts of child sexual abuse in his second federal trial.
R Kelly found guilty of six charges at end of Chicago sex abuse trial
R Kelly has been found guilty of six of the charges he faced in his latest criminal trial in Chicago. Most of those relate to the sexual abuse, in the late 1990s, of the musician’s then fourteen year old goddaughter, referred to as Jane, and his filming of that abuse.It was a video of Kelly sexually abusing Jane that sparked an earlier investigation in the 2000s into the abuse allegations that had been made against the star.
R. Kelly convicted on six counts of child pornography and sexual abuse
R. Kelly has reportedly been found guilty by a federal jury in Chicago on six of 13 counts on child pornography and sexual abuse.These include charges of producing child pornography, conspiracy to produce child pornography, conspiracy to receive child pornography, enticing of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and conspiracy to obstruct justice.Per reports from Rolling Stone and The Guardian, on Wednesday (September 14) Kelly was convicted of three counts of producing child pornography and three counts of enticing minors to engage in sexual activity.
R. Kelly Found Guilty On 6 Counts Of Child Pornography And Enticing Minors In Chicago
Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly was found guilty in Chicago today on six of 13 counts related to child pornography and luring underage girls to have sex with him, according to Reuters. Each child pornography conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in Chicago.
R. Kelly Convicted on 6 Child Sex Abuse and Child Pornography Counts in Chicago
was convicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday of six counts of child pornography and child sex abuse charges, the Associated Press reported.The Chicago jury received the case Tuesday evening and deliberated for a total of 11 hours.Kelly, 55, was acquitted on a fourth pornography count and an obstruction charge relating to his 2008 child pornography trial. He was also found not guilty on three charges of conspiring to receive child pornography and two additional counts of enticement.
R. Kelly Found Guilty in Federal Child Pornography Case
Thania Garcia A Chicago federal jury found R. Kelly guilty on Wednesday of three counts of child pornography for filming himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter. According to the Chicago Tribune, of the indictment’s 13 charges, Kelly was also found guilty of three counts of child sex trafficking through coercion and enticement. He was acquitted on charges that he conspired to obstruct justice in his 2002 Cook County case. Additionally, he was acquitted on two counts of receiving child pornography and one count of conspiring to receive child pornography. There were two co-defendants in the proceedings, former employees Milton “June” Brown and Derrel McDavid. Both were acquitted of all charges, including that they had conspired to receive child pornography, and that McDavid conspired to obstruct justice.
R. Kelly Found Guilty in Federal Trial in Chicago
R. Kelly is facing another guilty verdict.
R. Kelly found guilty: R&B singer convicted on multiple counts of child porn, enticement
Chicago jurors on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly on multiple counts.
R. Kelly Convicted of Six Counts in Federal Trial in Chicago; Co-Defendants Acquitted
R. Kelly was convicted Wednesday of six of the 13 charges he faced at his federal trial in Chicago, while his two co-defendants and former associates were acquitted of all charges.Kelly was found guilty of three child pornography counts, and three counts of enticing minors for sex, but acquitted of seven other charges, including obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to receive child pornography.Co-defendants Derrell McDavid and Milton «June» Brown were acquitted of all charges.Kelly, 55, was accused of enticing five girls for sex, and conspiring with two former associates to cover up his sex crimes by buying back incriminating videotapes.
Jury starts deliberations in latest R Kelly trial
The jury began its deliberations yesterday in the latest R Kelly trial in Chicago. That followed closing statements from the prosecution and legal reps for all three defendants in the case.Having been found guilty a year ago of running a criminal enterprise in order to access and abuse women and teenagers, Kelly currently faces specific charges in relation to the alleged production and distribution of videos featuring the sexual abuse of children – described as ‘child pornography’ in American law.He is also accused of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and – alongside his co-defendants Derrel McDavid and Milton ‘June’ Brown – of conspiring to obstruct justice.
R. Kelly to pay £25,000 in court fines and victim restitution from prison account
R. Kelly will pay nearly $30,000 (£25,000) in court fines and victim restitution from his personal prison commissary, it has been ruled.Per reports in Billboard and Rolling Stone, on Friday (September 9), a federal judge ruled that money in Kelly’s prison account could be seized by the prosecution team to pay required fees.The prosecution said (via Billboard): “The defendant has amassed nearly $30,000 in his inmate trust account over the course of the last three years of incarceration.“The defendant has not made any payments towards the substantial criminal monetary penalties imposed upon him at sentencing, even though payment was due immediately.”The ruling was handed down by U.S.
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