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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly was in court again on Wednesday as he faces the latest in a string of sexual assault charges. As he arrived at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago, Illinois, he reportedly remained clad in sunglasses and wore an apparently worried expression on his 52-year-old face. The U.K. Daily Mail …
One of R. Kelly’s former employees reportedly told a federal grand jury in Illinois that the embattled singer often recorded himself having sex with underage girls and claimed that they turned some of the tapes over to the feds. Sources told TMZ that the former employee testified Thursday that he was in possession of some …
On Thursday, Illinois prosecutors charged R. Kelly with 11 additional sex assault charges stemming from a January 2010 incident that reportedly involved a victim referenced in one of the criminal cases filed against him in February. From the Chicago Sun-Times, Cook County prosecutors charged Kelly, 52, with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two …
An Illinois judge who issued a default judgment against R. Kelly in a sex abuse lawsuit has withdrawn her ruling, allowing him another chance to challenge the suit in court. On Wednesday, Cook County Judge Moira Johnson reinstated the civil lawsuit against Kelly, 52, after his new lawyers, Raed Shalabi and Zaid Abdallah, claimed the …
