Jailed singer R Kelly is reportedly friends with a man charged with opening fire at a New York subway station last month. Three sources told the New York Daily News about the friendship between Kelly, 55, and Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James, 62, at Metropolitan Detention Center, where both men are incarcerated. Kelly was …
Federal prosecutors said this week they “strenuously oppose” a bid from R&B singer R. Kelly’s attorneys to delay his sentencing for sex trafficking convictions in New York. Jennifer Ann Bonjean, Kelly’s new attorney, filed last week to delay the May 4 sentencing until after his August trial in Illinois on child pornography and obstruction of …
On Monday, a jury in New York convicted R. Kelly of federal sex trafficking and racketeering. The New York Times reported that Kelly, 54, appeared emotionless as he was found guilty of all nine counts against him. The jurors deliberated for nine hours before handing down a guilty verdict. Cameras were not allowed in the …
For the first time on Wednesday, a minister spoke out about officiating R.Kelly and Aaliyah’s illegal marriage in 1994. On Wednesday, Nathan Edmond, 73, testified that he never heard of the R&B singers when he married them at a hotel in hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. The New York Times reported that Kelly’s team presented him …
Court testimony this week alleged that R. Kelly forced his girlfriends to fight at his birthday party as punishment — and also sexually abused a 17-year-old boy whom he was mentoring. According to the Daily Beast, Kelly’s former assistant, Suzette Mayweather, testified in a New York court on Tuesday that Kelly was upset his girlfriends …
Accused pedophile and sex trafficker R. Kelly sexually assaulted a teen girl two days after marrying a 15-year-old Aaliyah in an illicit, secret ceremony, according to testimony Monday in a New York federal court. The Daily Beast reported that a 43-year-old woman named Addie took the stand and said she was 17 when R. Kelly …
On Monday, a witness testified that singer R. Kelly, who allegedly abused her for hers, married late R&B singer Aaliyah in order to get an abortion. The witness, who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was 17, testified at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in New York. Now 23, the witness shed tears on …
Opening statements are underway in the trial of R. Kelly, who is facing federal charges in New York for sex trafficking and racketeering. Prosecutors characterized Kelly, 54, as a “predator” who committed sex crimes for almost 30 years. Five accusers, who are using pseudonyms, are expected to testify during the singer’s federal trial, according to …
Federal prosecutors this week asked a judge to admit allegations of more twisted acts— including sexual abuse of minors, hush money payments, and physical abuse — as evidence in R&B star R. Kelly’s racketeering trial, set to begin next month in Brooklyn. The new court filing alleges that a “crisis manager” for the star bribed …
Late last month, an Illinois judge ordered Sony to relinquish all the money in R. Kelly’s royalties account — $1.5 million — to a Wisconsin-based property management company who the jailed singer owes for unpaid rent. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the large payout will be made to Midwest Commercial Funding, the company Kelly, 53, …
It is unclear whether the former manager will be expected to testify against Kelly
Lawyers representing R. Kelly said Friday that jail staff stood by as an inmate attacked the singer in his cell in August. Attorney Michael Leonard asked yet again for Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois. Leonard wrote in court documents that inmate Jeremiah Farmer, 39, “roamed a great distance” in the …
