Embattled singer, R. Kelly has been convicted of six counts of sex crimes, including producing child sexual abuse imagery and enticement of minors into sex acts.
The 12-person jury in the trial on Wednesday, 14th September convicted Kelly of six out of the thirteen charges brought against him.
He was found guilty of coercing three minors into criminal sexual activity and producing three child sexual abuse videos, all of which prosecutors said involved the same 14-year-old girl.
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However, he was acquitted of attempting to obstruct an earlier investigation into his abuse. He was also not found guilty of receiving child sexual abuse imagery and conspiring to receive such imagery as part of an alleged scheme to recover missing videotapes.
Kelly, whose legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was tried alongside two co-defendants, former business manager Derrel McDavid and associate Milton “June” Brown. McDavid and Brown were both found not guilty on all charges.
According to the federal charges against them, both men were accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the outcome of the singer’s 2008 criminal trial in Cook County, which involved a video recording of Kelly allegedly sexually abusing a minor.
Glamsquad reported that 55-year-old Kelly had already been sentenced to 30 years in prison in June 2022 after a jury in Brooklyn convicted him of racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Read here
The conviction in Brooklyn is the first time R. Kelly had been held criminally responsible for allegations related to sexual abuse despite accusations dating back more than three decades. His conviction in Chicago could add more to his prison sentence in Brooklyn.
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