R. Kelly will get further 20-year jail time period for youngster porn crimes

In response to the Chicago choose’s determination, all however one 12 months of the brand new sentence will probably be served concurrently with the previous one. His lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, is interesting each of Kelly’s federal convictions.

R. Kelly was convicted in September 2022 on six of the 13 counts alleged within the Chicago trial: three counts of manufacturing youngster pornography and three of enticement of a minor.

A federal jury cleared the singer of seven further counts, together with the accusation that he interfered with justice throughout a previous trial. A jury discovered the singer not responsible within the 2008 youngster pornography case after Kelly and two former collaborators had been accused of manipulating the proceedings.

One 12 months after Kelly’s conviction in New York for routinely enlisting women and girls for intercourse, he was discovered responsible on federal costs in Chicago. As the primary vital intercourse assault trial the place the vast majority of the accusers had been black ladies, that verdict was usually seen as a turning level for the #MeToo motion.

It was additionally the primary time Kelly was charged with the abuse of girls and youngsters, which had lengthy been rumored.