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Celebrity Justice
January 22, 2020

R. Kelly married Aaliyah to avoid being prosecuted for having sex with underage singer: Feds

R. Kelly married a 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton in 1994 to avoid prosecution — specifically to prevent her from being able to testify against him in court, witnesses reportedly told federal prosecutors. Federal prosecutors in New York filed court documents on Tuesday which detailed the witnesses’ allegations against Kelly, 52. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aaliyah, …

Celebrity Justice
December 6, 2019

R. Kelly: Singer bribed government employee to marry 15-year-old Aaliyah, feds say

Federal prosecutors in New York have accused R. Kelly of bribing a government employee in 1994 to get a fake ID for then-15-year-old singer Aaliyah Haughton so he could marry her. The New York Times reported that authorities have added the allegation against Kelly, 52, onto his previous racketeering indictment. The deceased singer is identified …

Celebrity Justice
September 30, 2019

R. Kelly: Jailed singer seeks RELEASE before trial, claiming he’s too sick & famous to flee

R. Kelly, who remains jailed on federal charges in Illinois, is citing a slew of mental and physical ailments as the reason he should be released from jail before standing trial on multiple sex-related charges. A lawyer representing Kelly, 52, said the singer has “numbness in his hand, anxiety, and an untreated hernia” in an …

Celebrity Justice
September 18, 2019

Female fan who posts R. Kelly’s $100,000 bond WANTS HER MONEY BACK

An Illinois judge ruled Tuesday that the friend who posted R. Kelly’s $100,000 bond in February won’t get her money back just yet. Kelly, 52, reportedly used Valencia Love’s money to get out of Cook County Jail three days after his arrest for sexual assault and sexual abuse. The singer was free for four months …

Celebrity Justice
September 6, 2019

R. Kelly moved to general population, says he is ‘popular’ in recorded jail phone call: Feds

Singer R. Kelly has been moved from solitary confinement to general population in an Illinois federal jail as he awaits trial for multiple crimes, including sex trafficking and sexual assault. Prosecutors, who announced Kelly’s move on Tuesday, denied the defense’s claims that the singer was in solitary confinement against his will—offering a recorded phone call …

MORE sex crime charges for R. Kelly, now accused of child prostitution in Minnesota
Celebrity Justice
August 6, 2019

MORE sex crime charges for R. Kelly, now accused of child prostitution in Minnesota

R. Kelly is facing two new sex crime charges after he allegedly paid an underage girl to engage in sex acts while he was on tour in Minnesota. TMZ reports that Kelly has been charged with engaging in prostitution with someone under 18 and hiring/offering/agreeing to hire someone for sexual contact, stemming from a 2001 …

R. Kelly: Singer DENIED BAIL in federal sex trafficking case
Celebrity Justice
August 2, 2019

R. Kelly: Singer DENIED BAIL in federal sex trafficking case

A New York judge has denied bail for singer R. Kelly, who pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Friday. According to NPR, Kelly, 52, arrived at a Brooklyn court and entered a plea of not guilty for five federal charges—one count of racketeering and four counts of violating the Mann …

‘Absolutely not’: R. Kelly’s own ‘crisis manager’ says he would not leave his daughter alone with accused pedophile
Celebrity Justice
July 22, 2019

‘Absolutely not’: R. Kelly’s own ‘crisis manager’ says he would not leave his daughter alone with accused pedophile

A public relations professional hired by R. Kelly this year as the R8B singer faces mounting allegations of sexually abusing women and girls said in a television interview that he would “absolutely not” leave his own daughter alone with Kelly. Kelly’s crisis manager Darrell Johnson appeared on “CBS This Morning” on Monday and spoke with …

Now Who’s Afraid? Accused child molester R. Kelly fears ‘prison justice’
Celebrity Justice
July 19, 2019

Now Who’s Afraid? Accused child molester R. Kelly fears ‘prison justice’

Accused child pornographer R. Kelly is reportedly being held in solitary confinement in a Chicago prison, and is satisfied to remain there as he fears for his safety inside lockup. Kelly’s lawyer Nicole Blank Becker told TMZ that Kelly says he feels safer in solitary confinement than in the general population, where he feels his …

R. Kelly insiders flip, give feds 20 sex tapes allegedly showing underage victims: Report
Celebrity Justice
July 13, 2019

R. Kelly insiders flip, give feds 20 sex tapes allegedly showing underage victims: Report

Prosecutors are now in possession of 20 new sex tapes that allegedly show R. Kelly with underage girls. An attorney representing several of Kelly’s alleged victims told TMZ that members of the R&B star’s inner circle have turned over the tapes allegedly depicting sex acts between Kelly and underage victims. TMZ reportedly received confirmation from …

R. Kelly arrested while walking his dog, facing federal child pornography charges
Celebrity Justice
July 12, 2019

R. Kelly arrested while walking his dog, facing federal child pornography charges

R. Kelly was arrested on Thursday and is now facing federal child pornography charges. The Associated Press reports that Kelly, who was arrested earlier this year on multiple counts of aggravated sexual abuse, was taken into custody on Thursday evening in Chicago as he was walking his dog. “The counts include child porn, enticement of …