In the second installment of Lifetime’s hit docuseries, “Surviving R. Kelly,” one of the singer’s accusers said she was instructed to kill herself if he went to jail or was harmed. According to The Los Angeles Times, Jerhonda Pace was 15 when she met Kelly and lived with him until 2010. In “Surviving R. Kelly …
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Federal authorities are reportedly searching for additional sex tapes depicting R. Kelly with underage girls as they investigate him for three different crimes, including sex trafficking. Sources told TMZ that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois is also interviewing people close to Kelly, 52. The tabloid noted that the investigation in …
R. Kelly failed to appear for court proceedings in a sex abuse lawsuit because he can’t read, according to the singer’s new legal team. Days after an Illinois judge issued a default judgment against Kelly, 52, for failing to respond to the lawsuit, his lawyers asked the courts to reverse the ruling. Kelly was served …
Weeks after telling “CBS This Morning” that he had $325,000 in his bank account, mounting legal troubles have reportedly left R&B singer R. Kelly near financial ruin. Documents obtained by The Blast stated that Wintrust Bank, where Kelly, 52, holds an account, informed his former Chicago landlord that the singer has a balance of -$13. The …
An Illinois judge ruled Friday that cameras will be allowed to roll inside a courtroom for singer R. Kelly’s criminal trial later this month. The Chicago Tribune reported that Cook County Judge Lawrence Flood greenlit the cameras, noting that two of the four alleged victims objected to being filmed during court proceedings. However, Flood, who’s presiding …
One of the women who appeared in Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly” earlier this year alleged that R. Kelly had confessed to impregnating a 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton and having a sexual relationship with the teen singer’s mother. In an interview with Vlad TV, Lisa Van Allen accused Kelly, now 52, of revealing that he married Aaliyah …
Singer R. Kelly is reportedly under investigation in Michigan following claims that he had sex with a 13-year-old girl and gave her herpes during the illicit four-year relationship. Sources told WBBM that authorities are looking into allegations that Kelly, 52, “engaged in sexual intercourse at an undisclosed hotel” with a 13-year-old girl in Detroit in December 2001. …
Criminal charges for singer R. Kelly may be imminent as an Illinois grand jury reportedly met and is scheduled to review a tape allegedly depicting the singer sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Unidentified sources confirmed to The Blast that a grand jury assembled last week at the Cook County State’s Attorney Office in Chicago. They also …
Authorities in Illinois have reportedly released images showing the inside of R. Kelly’s Chicago recording studio—a location the singer’s been accused of using to hold women captive. On Tuesday, a judge hit Kelly, 52, with 66 building code violations and ordered that the studio can’t double as a residence. Rolling Stone reported that the “Ignition” …
Sony Music has reportedly dropped embattled singer R. Kelly from their record label and their subsidiary, RCA Records, amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations which were resurfaced in Lifetime’s documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly.” A source told Variety that there are no immediate plans for Sony to release a statement about them cutting ties with Kelly, …
A Marine is facing extreme backlash for allegedly weighing in on rumors that R. Kelly was 27 when he impregnated a 15-year-old Aaliyah, saying that men are “biologically designed” to be attracted to young girls. Task & Purpose reported that the Marine Training Command is investigating alleged comments active-duty Gunnery Seargent Nicolas Russo made on Facebook on January 10. Russo …
Authorities in Georgia are reportedly investigating R. Kelly following Lifetime’s airing of “Surviving R. Kelly,” a six-part docuseries which recently levied multiple sexual misconduct allegations against the embattled singer. Sources told TMZ that the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office launched a probe into accusations made against Kelly, 51, in the docuseries. The tabloid learned that …
