R. Kelly returning to court to kick off his sexual abuse trial

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAmid the dramas and controversies spawned by the long-awaited release of Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” album, the biggest may have been the surprising presence of a songwriting credit on the song “TSU” for fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges amid allegations of sexual abuse against multiple women.

R. Kelly had no involvement in Drake’s latest album.

R Kelly and Aaliyah’s illegal wedding has spoken out about the illegal union between the two.Nathan Edmond, a 73-year-old minister in Chicago, spoke about the 1994 ceremony at the trail of Kelly in New York. Aaliyah was 15 at the time of the service.It’s the first time Edmond has spoken publicly about the wedding after being subpoenaed by federal prosecutors.Speaking via video link from Chicago, Edmond said: “I didn’t think it was anybody special.

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NEW YORK -- After several days of testimony from women claiming they were groomed and sexually abused by R.

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R Kelly is trying to sell the publishing rights to his back catalogue, but no one wants to buy them.The singer is currently facing an ongoing trial, on charges related to alleged crimes against five female accusers – three of whom were purportedly underage at the time – who allege physical, sexual and psychological abuse.He will also face a number of other charges in separate trials, two in Chicago (one federal, one state), and one state trial in Minnesota.

R&B hitmaker R. Kelly’s forced his girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters that he could use to defend himself in case he got charged with sexually abusing them, one of his accusers testified on Wednesday at his New York City trial.

The jury in the ongoing R Kelly trial heard yesterday how the musician controlled his alleged victim’s relationships with their families – and also how he coached his then girlfriends in the wake of the ‘Surviving R Kelly’ documentary, so that they could defend him in the media.

A former tour manager for R. Kelly reluctantly testified Friday that he paid a $500 bribe to a government worker to get the singer Aaliyah a fake identification card so Kelly could secretly marry her when she was 15 years old.

Jurors in the ongoing R Kelly sex abuse trial heard further testimony yesterday from one of the musician’s main accusers. Among other things, she described how the musician made her dress like a girl scout during sex and once forbid her from the using the bathroom for three days.Kelly, of course, faces a stack of charges in multiple US states relating to allegations of sexual abuse, including against minors, and other alleged crimes, all of which he denies.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAn attorney for R. Kelly attempted to discredit one of the accusers leveling allegations of sexual abuse against the singer on Thursday, after she’d claimed he had slapped and choked her during what she described as their final sexual encounter more than 10 years ago.Jerhonda Johnson Pace, the first witness testifying for prosecutors in Kelly’s long-delayed racketeering trial in New York, is among multiple women leveling claims of sexual abuse against Kelly.

Content warning: This story contains discussion and descriptions of sexual abuse.On the opening day of R.

Singer R. Kelly’s federal sex trafficking trial began today in Brooklyn, New York, his first time in front of a criminal court jury in 13 years.

NEW YORK -- R. Kelly has long faced allegations of lurid sexual behavior and abuse, some of which have been made public through documentaries or court documents.The R&B singer is once again heading to court, this time for a federal trial in New York stemming from years of sexual abuse allegations.