Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to prison after federal juries in Chicago and New York convicted him of crimes including child pornography, sex trafficking and enticement.
R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell was convicted of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur at a crowded Manhattan theater preparing to show a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls. More
July 22, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of R. Kelly’s manager has opened on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater. Prosecutor Lara Pomerantz told federal court jurors Tuesday that Donnell Russell claimed in his December 2018 phone call that someone with a gun was planning to fire on the crowd. More
July 20, 2022
R. Kelly has been returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges. More
July 13, 2022
R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case. More
July 6, 2022
R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge. More
July 1, 2022
A jury found Kelly, 55, guilty of racketeering and other counts last year at a trial that was seen as a signature moment in the #MeToo movement. More
June 29, 2022
R. Kelly deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, prosecutors said in a memo in advance of the R&B superstar's sentencing later this month. More
June 8, 2022
ATLANTA (Court TV) — Felony terroristic threat charges have been dismissed against disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly’s ex-manager in Georgia. James Mason, 56, allegedly called Kelly’s ex-girlfriend Jocelyn Savage’s father in 2018 and threatened him. More
January 27, 2022
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year. More
October 20, 2021
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children. A jury of […] More
September 27, 2021
R. Kelly has been found guilty on all counts at his sex trafficking trial. The R&B singer was convicted on all nine counts including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of “any woman or girl” across state lines for any “immoral purpose.” He faces life in prison. The jury of […] More
September 27, 2021
A judge began instructing the jury at R. Kelly’s sex trafficking trial on the law Friday after it heard a prosecutor give a fiery rebuttal to the defense's closing arguments, which portrayed him as a victim of false accusations. More
September 24, 2021
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in closing arguments at the sex-trafficking trial of R. Kelly urged jurors on Thursday to make the R&B superstar “pay” for his alleged crimes, while a defense lawyer told them they’ve been misled by opportunistic accusers about consensual relationships. “It is now […] More
September 23, 2021
R. Kelly’s long-awaited racketeering and sex trafficking trial is underway in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Court TV will provide the latest legal updates and live analysis during the trial. More
September 23, 2021
R. Kelly got away with sexually abusing underage victims by ruling inner circle enablers with an iron fist a prosecutor told jurors at R&B singer's sex-trafficking trial. More
September 22, 2021
R. Kelly told a judge on Wednesday that he won't take the witness stand at his sex trafficking trial, meaning he'll avoid the risk of a potentially brutal cross-examination. More
September 22, 2021
R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday. More
September 21, 2021
Prosecutors at the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial ended their case Monday after calling dozens of witnesses over the past month who detailed the government’s sweeping allegations against the singer in lurid detail. More
September 20, 2021
Prosecutors closer to concluding case at R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial calling two final witnesses to cement allegations he groomed young victims for unwanted sex dating to the 1990s. More
September 17, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors, nearing the end of their case at the sex trafficking trial of R. Kelly, played recordings for a New York City jury Wednesday they say back up allegations the R&B singer abused women and girls. In court papers, prosecutors have described tapes of a profane Kelly threatening violence […] More
September 15, 2021
Prosecutors want a New York City jury at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial to hear profane video and audio recordings they say demonstrate how he threatened his victims with violence. More
September 14, 2021
R. Kelly's longtime assistant testified Monday that the R&B superstar was so paranoid he once asked her to change into a robe to demonstrate she was not wearing a wire. More
September 13, 2021
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — She was an unsuspecting radio station intern in 2003 when she pursued what she thought would be a career-making interview with a R&B superstar — R. Kelly. Instead, she had a horrific experience while locked in a darkened room for days, she’s now testified years later […] More
September 9, 2021
R. Kelly paid $200K settle lawsuit woman who accused him of giving her herpes without disclosing he had it R&B singer's sex-trafficking trial. More
September 3, 2021
Woman reluctantly took witness stand against R. Kelly recount how he struck up a relationship with her in 2006 when she was 15 but dodged prosecutor's questions about when they first had sex. More
September 2, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who wasn’t a fan of R. Kelly ended up getting exposed to a sexually transmitted disease after he enticed her to join him on the road, she testified on Tuesday at the R&B entertainer’s sex-trafficking trial. More
September 2, 2021
One of R. Kelly's accusers testified on Wednesday that he kept a gun by his side while he berated her as a prelude to forcing her to give him oral sex in a Los Angeles music studio. More
September 1, 2021
A man took the witness stand at R. Kelly's sex-trafficking trial in New York City on Monday to say the R&B star exploited him when he was a high school student. More
August 30, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly once compared himself to rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis — notorious for marrying his 13-year-old cousin decades ago — saying they were both misunderstood geniuses, a witness at Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial testified Thursday. The witness recounted the comment while for the first time publicly accusing Kelly of […] More
August 26, 2021
R. Kelly forced girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters he could use to defend himself in case he got charged with sexually abusing them one of his accusers testified. More
August 25, 2021
