R. Kelly
The 58-year-old singer, born Robert Kelly, has filed a petition for clemency with the Department of Justice, according to records reviewed by USA TODAY.He is currently serving time behind bars in North Carolina for his 2021 and 2022 convictions on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, child pornography and enticement. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in federal court in New York […]
R. Kelly’s lawyer says the singer overdosed on medication given by prison staff and was hospitalized for two days, alleging a possible assassination attempt tied to a white supremacist gang. The incident was reportedly caught on camera. Kelly, 58, is serving 30 years for sex crimes and is also being denied surgery for blood clots, […]
R. Kelly has requested house arrest, claiming fellow inmates and prison officials plotted to have him killed. His legal team filed an emergency motion citing a sworn statement from an inmate who says he was offered freedom in exchange for carrying out the murder. The inmate, a terminally ill gang member, ultimately warned Kelly instead. […]
DJ Sight recently posed a question on social media: If R. Kelly were released from prison and held a concert, would you go? Surprisingly, more than half of the people who responded said they would attend. This raises a bigger question: is cancel culture actually real, or is it just a tool that’s used as […]
R. Kelly are petitioning to have the disgraced singer’s federal sex abuse conviction overturned. An appeal filed to the Supreme Court this week argues that the charges against him relating to sex crimes involving minors fall outside of the statute of limitations. The argument set forth by Kelly’s attorneys centers on the the 2003 PROTECT Act, which […]
R. Kelly, the embattled R&B singer currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for child pornography and sex trafficking charges, is suing the United States government to reclaim $28,000 seized from his prison commissary account. This fund was appropriated by the federal government to settle a judgment against him. The lawsuit is part of Kelly’s ongoing […]
90’s and 2000’s R&B superstar and producer R. Kelly was sentenced to another 20 years from a federal judge in Illinois for child sex crimes. R. Kelly is already serving another 30 year sentence from a New York federal judge. R. Kelly to serve 1 additional year in prison for Chicago sex crimes convictions – […]
R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell criminal trial opened earlier this week. Donnell Russell is accused of causing a threat that emptied a theater that was set to premiere the documentary Surviving R. Kelly. https://apnews.com/article/r-kelly-entertainment-manhattan-999118275fb3dd3958622f3d82bbfa9f
R. Kelly was found guilty on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking back in September, and now, his May 4 sentencing has been delayed. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly approved to reschedule his sentencing to June 16 because a pre-sentencing report had not been filed until this past Tuesday, April 5th. Despite the delay, […]
There have been a couple of big news stories this week involving sexual assault with R Kelly and the 14-year-old Gates Chili student arrested for rape. The reason I’m bringing this up is that I came across some stats that parents and adults, in general, should be aware of to keep kids safe. The Bivona […]
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