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Timbaland says R. Kelly is still the 'king of R&B' despite being convicted of sex-trafficking women
"His art is his art, I ain't gonna bash the man's art," Timbaland said of the convicted sex traffic…
Barnaby Lane
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The feds want to garnish R. Kelly's royalty payments and give the money to 2 of his victims
Federal prosecutors said they have already garnished nearly $28,000 from R. Kelly's inmate trust ac…
Michelle Mark
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R. Kelly's attorney says the 'musical genius' doesn't deserve 25 years in prison for his crimes because he was sexually abused as a child
A lawyer for R. Kelly asked a federal judge to sentence him to no more than 10 years in prison. Pro…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Devout R. Kelly fan charged with threatening prosecutors ahead of R&B star's New York sentencing
"If Kellz goes down, everybody's going down," Christopher Gunn said in a video outside the US Attor…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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R. Kelly's lawyer asks for a new trial, arguing singer shouldn't have to defend himself from 'sexual deviant' accusations
R. Kelly's new lawyer says jurors shouldn't have seen videos of the singer engaging in group sex or…
Jacob Shamsian
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R. Kelly was found guilty of child porn charges in Chicago federal trial
R. Kelly is already serving a 30 year sentence on sex trafficking charges out of a New York federal…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A seemingly new R. Kelly album 'I Admit It' is a bootleg and not real, reports say
According to Variety, the bootleg album combines previously released and unreleased songs by R. Kel…
Rebecca Cohen
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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison after sex-trafficking conviction
Robert Sylvester Kelly, 55, was convicted in September of federal racketeering and sex-trafficking …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz,Jacob Shamsian
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R. Kelly sues NYC prison for placing the singer on suicide watch following his 30-year sex trafficking conviction: attorney
R. Kelly's attorney said that the singer "expressed that he was mentally fine, was behaving appropr…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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A federal judge named Aaliyah's uncle in list of people who saw to R. Kelly's 'professional and personal needs'
Her uncle, Barry Hankerson, was R. Kelly's manager and introduced the singers when Alliyah was only…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Why R. Kelly got sentenced to 10 more years of prison time than Ghislaine Maxwell
The R&B singer was sentenced to 30 years for his sex-trafficking enterprise, while Maxwell got 20 y…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz,Jacob Shamsian
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R. Kelly funneled millions of dollars from music royalties through a childhood friend right before his sex-trafficking conviction, prosecutors allege
One of R. Kelly's childhood friends is holding on to more than $5 million from the sale of his musi…
Jacob Shamsian,Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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R. Kelly's attorney said he wanted to speak at his sentencing, but she told him not to
R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison on his sex trafficking and racketeering conv…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz,Jacob Shamsian
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R. Kelly's victims told him to his face in court that his die-hard fans continue to abuse and harass them
Seven of R. Kelly's victims faced him in court at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday, describing h…
Jacob Shamsian,Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence R. Kelly to no less than 25 years in prison
R. Kelly, who was convicted last in September on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, is sched…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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R. Kelly and accused subway shooter Frank James have reportedly become jail 'buds': 'Both do get along'
"They talk about TV shows. They go out to rec together. They're buds," one source in the jail told …
Katie Balevic
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A federal judge orders R. Kelly to pay more than $300,000 to his sex-trafficking victims
A New York federal judge has ordered R. Kelly to pay more than $309,000 to victims of his decadeslo…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Advocates say an R. Kelly verdict 'would not have happened' without campaigns for justice led by Black women
Without Black women campaigning against the singer for decades, critics say R. Kelly's conviction f…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Gwen Aviles
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We spent 7 weeks covering R. Kelly's sex crimes trial. Inside the courthouse, time seemed to melt and the singer's fans got rowdy.
COVID-19 restrictions and R. Kelly supporters packing the courthouse made covering the singer's sex…
Jacob Shamsian,Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The family of one of R. Kelly's girlfriends hopes his conviction will help them finally reunite with her
The family of Joycelyn Savage, who remained in a relationship with R. Kelly even after his arrest, …