R. Kelly: What to know about his upcoming sex trafficking trial in New York

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The third week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City saw more accusers — including for the first time, a man — coming forward with array of disturbing allegations and a former assistant providing a glimpse into how he lorded over his inner circle.The accusers have testified without using their full real names to protect their privacy.

NEW YORK -- The third week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City saw more accusers — including for the first time, a man — coming forward with array of disturbing allegations and a former assistant providing a glimpse into how he lorded over his inner circle.

NEW YORK (AP) — After several days of testimony from women claiming they were groomed and sexually abused by R. Kelly, a man took the witness stand at Kelly's sex-trafficking trial in New York City on Monday to say the R&B star exploited him in the same way when he was a high school student.

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

The second week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City proved to be an exercise by prosecutors to paint the "I Believe I Can Fly" R&B star as a man-child control freak and a compulsive sex offender who exploited vulnerable victims less than half his age while ordering them to call him "Daddy." Defense attorneys for the 54-year-old entertainer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, countered by seeking to portray the accusers as lying opportunists trying to leverage Kelly’s fame.

NEW YORK -- The second week of the R.

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.

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NEW YORK -- Here's what to know about R Kelly's criminal trial in New York, which began Wednesday:WHAT IS R. KELLY KNOWN FOR?You’ve probably heard “I Believe I Can Fly” at an inspirational moment or “Ignition (Remix)” at a college party.

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

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJerhonda Johnson Pace told a federal jury that she began having sex with R. Kelly shortly after she turned 16, as the singer’s racketeering trial got under way in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

NEW YORK -- Here's what to know about R Kelly's criminal trial in New York, which began Wednesday:WHAT IS R. KELLY KNOWN FOR?You’ve probably heard “I Believe I Can Fly” at an inspirational moment or “Ignition (Remix)” at a college party.

R. Kelly will be in criminal court Wednesday for his long-awaited sex trafficking trial.

Ellise Shafer administratorMore than 25 years after allegations of sexual abuse against R. Kelly first began to surface, the singer’s New York criminal trial is set to begin its opening statements today (Aug.

NEW YORK -- R&B star R. Kelly will be back in a criminal court on Wednesday, this time for opening statements in his long-anticipated federal trial arising from years of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while pursuing fame and fortune.More than a decade has passed since Kelly was acquitted in a 2008 child pornography case in Chicago.

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