R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison On Federal Sex Trafficking And Racketeering Counts

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly has been moved to a federal jail in Chicago ahead of his federal sex crimes trial set to begin on Aug. 15.  Kelly was transferred Tuesday from his jail in Brooklyn following sentencing in New York to 30 years behind bars on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

Kenneth Petty, who is married to Nicki Minaj, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 6, to one year of home confinement for failing to register as a sex offender.

Netflix series Cheer, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over indecent images of children and soliciting sex from minors.It comes after the 22 year-old pleaded guilty to two of the seven felony counts against him earlier this year, including one of travelling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 15-year-old for money and one count of receiving sexually explicit images from a 17-year-old.Harris was arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child abuse imagery and has been in custody ever since.

UPDATED, 4:05 PM: Jerry Harris, who starred in Netflix’s Emmy-winning docuseries Cheer, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for soliciting sex with minors and other sex-related crimes. He had pleaded guilty in February after taking a plea deal with prosecutors. Read details of the case below.

R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars on Wednesday in a New York court after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. His lawyers had originally argued for a 10-year-sentence, citing his traumatic childhood.

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R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty in the New York courts last year of establishing and running a criminal enterprise in order to sexually and physically abuse women and teenagers.The musician continues to deny all the allegations that have been made against him, both during the criminal case in New York and elsewhere. Meanwhile, during the sentencing proceedings, his legal team pushed for a more lenient sentence of no more than ten years, arguing that Kelly had been abused as a child, and that that abuse may have led to his “hypersexuality” as an adult.

R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Brooklyn judge, The New York Times reports. The R&B singer was found guilty of nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering in September. Prior to sentencing, the court heard impact statements from Kelly's victims.

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars on Wednesday.

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. U.S.

R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal court in New York on Wednesday 29 June for masterminding an elaborate scheme to entice and sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children.The former 90s superstar was branded “the pied piper of R&B” as he came face to face with several of his victims who detailed his “deplorable and inexplicable” abuse during the hearing. Kelly’s sentence follows his conviction on multiple counts of racketeering, relating to bribery and forced labour, by a jury in September last year.The 55-year-old R&B singer was also found in violation of an anti-sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 yearsin his racketeering and sex trafficking case. On Wednesday, U.S.

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison following his earlier conviction for racketeering, sex trafficking and more.

was found guilty on one count of racketeering and eight violations of the Mann Act by a federal jury in Brooklyn. The verdict is in: R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years. https://t.co/SAYsyGvPL2Born Robert Sylvester Kelly, the singer has also been accused of knowingly infecting some accusers with a sexually transmitted disease, bribery, kidnapping, forced labor and producing child pornography. Defense attorneys and prosecutors argued in court over whether Kelly even could pay a fine.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorR. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison in a New York court on Wednesday.Kelly, one of the most successful hitmakers of the 1990s and early 2000s, was found guilty of all nine counts against him in September, after a six-week trial revealed how he had used employees and intermediaries to lure fans and hopeful singers into sexually abusive and controlling conditions, including locking them in rooms without food or access to a bathroom for days.The 55-year-old singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits transporting people across state lines for prostitution.

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R&B singer R. Kelly will be sentenced Wednesday in a Brooklyn court after having been found guilty in a federal sex trafficking case in New York.  Kelly, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking charges where prosecutors are asking for a minimum 25-year sentence behind bars.The defense is arguing a term of 10 years or less is enough.  Kelly also awaits another trial in Chicago for child pornography and obstruction of justice charges.  Kelly was initially discovered in 1990 by Jive Records music executive Wayne Williams while he was performing at a barbecue.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for luring young girls to massage rooms for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to molest.The 60-year-old looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as a judge in the Southern District of New York passed sentence in front of a packed public gallery. Her accusers came face to face with her on Tuesday as several women read victim impact statements to the court – describing her as a “manipulative, cruel and merciless person.” Maxwell, who was described as “dangerous” by the prosecution during her three-week trial last year, helped entice vulnerable teenagers to Epstein’s various properties for him to sexually abuse between 1994 and 2004.