R. Kelly

The disgraced singer's sentence by an Illinois court for child pornography charges brings his total prison term to 31 years.

Kelly allegations](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065) (NBC News) Kelly Sentenced To One Additional Year In Prison In Child Pornography Case, Bringing Prison Time To 31 Years](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/02/23/r-kelly-sentenced-to-one-additional-year-in-prison-in-child-pornography-case-bringing-prison-time-to-31-years/?sh=633143fa6710) (Forbes) [Timeline of the R. [sentencing](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvey-weinsteins-prison-term-double-l-rape-sentence-rcna71702) for a rape conviction in Los Angeles. Scrutiny against Kelly resurfaced in the late 2010s when a [Buzzfeed News ](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult) [report](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult) alleged he ran a “cult” in which he dictated the lives of and emotionally and sexually manipulated six women (Kelly denied the allegations). Kelly was [charged](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r-kelly-charged-multiple-counts-sexual-abuse-minor-n974621) in Illinois on multiple counts of sexual abuse of minors the next month. “Black men, with diabetes, do not live into their 80s in prison,” Kelly’s lawyer Jennifer Bonjean [told](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/r-kelly-sentenced-federal-child-pornography-trial-1234685009/) the judge, adding there is no reason to believe he would reoffend in his mid-80s if he completes a 30-year prison sentence. This prompted further backlash against Kelly, sparking the #MuteRKelly social media [campaign](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065) and inspiring other women to publicly [make allegations](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40635526) against him. The series inspired wide backlash against Kelly from former collaborators, celebrities and social media users, and he was [dropped](https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/686641970/r-kelly-has-been-dropped-by-rca-records-billboard-reports#:~:text=R.-,Kelly%20Has%20Been%20Dropped%20By%20RCA%20Records,%20'Billboard'%20Reports,multiple%20women%20of%20sexual%20abuse.) from his record label later that month. [marriage](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065) to Aaliyah (which was annulled months later because she was underage) and lawsuits brought against him for allegedly having sex with minors. Kelly, a six-part Lifetime docuseries chronicling Kelly’s alleged instances of abuse, [premiered](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/celebrities-react-lifetime-s-surviving-r-kelly-docuseries-n955201) in January 2019 and featured interviews with women who accused him of physical, sexual and mental abuse. To this day, and even following the jury verdict against him, Kelly refuses to accept responsibility for his crimes,” prosecutors Kelly has faced allegations of sexual abuse throughout his career.

Editor's note: This report includes allegations of sexual and physical abuse. Disgraced former R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced Thursday in Chicago to one ...

[dropped](https://apnews.com/article/illinois-legal-proceedings-chicago-indictments-e9c78bdcb4a45f9a4a84c856b6c69255) her office's separate sexual abuse charges against Kelly, saying that the former star will likely serve "extensive sentences" in prison already. As it stands, the 56-year-old Kelly is currently expected to serve his sentence until he is in his late 80s. [said](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/23/23611784/r-kelly-sentence-chicago-child-pornography): "Robert shattered me. Kelly was sentenced Thursday in Chicago to one more year in federal prison atop the current 30 years he is serving on a separate federal sentence in New York. The additional year stems from a verdict made last September in an Illinois federal courtroom, in which he was Kelly's lead defense attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, had asked U.S.

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

Kelly’s abuse of children was all the worse, she said, because he “memorialized” his abuse by filming victims, including Jane. “The (government’s) whole theory of grooming, was sort of the opposite of fear of bodily harm,” the judge told the court. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)'. To give him a consecutive 25-year sentence on top of that “is overkill, it is symbolic,” she said. Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. Prosecutors did not get a conviction on the marquee charge: that Kelly and his then-business manager successfully rigged his state child pornography trial in 2008. She also remarked that Kelly will be lucky to survive his 30-year New York sentence alone. “It's the right outcome,” she told reporters following the hearing. “I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly. “When your virginity is taken by a pedophile at 14 … Kelly remained still and impassive, his eyes downcast, when the judge issued his sentence in a Chicago federal courtroom. That would have been tantamount to sending him to prison for life.

R. Kelly is set to learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison when a federal judge sentences him on convictions for child pornography and ...

Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)’. “The (government’s) whole theory of grooming, was sort of the opposite of fear of bodily harm,” the judge told the court. “When your virginity is taken by a pedophile at 14 … “I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly. … “I have been permanently scarred by Robert.”

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday sentenced R. Kelly to one additional year in prison for his conviction on sex crimes, extending a 30-year sentence ...

R. Kelly was sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison for his convictions of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex in Chicago, ...

Kelly’s abuse of children was all the worse, she said, because he “memorialized” his abuse by filming victims, including Jane. Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “The (government’s) whole theory of grooming, was sort of the opposite of fear of bodily harm,” the judge told the court. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)'. “I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly. “When your virginity is taken by a pedophile at 14 … “Now you are here … Speaking forcefully as her voice quivered, Nia said Kelly would repeatedly pick at her supposed faults while he abused her. His Chicago sentence will be served concurrent to that, with the exception of just one year, Judge Harry Leinenweber ruled. The latter would have been tantamount to a life sentence. … “I have been permanently scarred by Robert.” It’s what they asked for, arguing his crimes against children and lack of remorse justified it.

R. Kelly spent four weeks on trial last year in a Chicago courtroom, where prosecutors called more than 20 witnesses to lay out evidence of his sexual abuse ...

She reminded the judge that “millions of people” have seen the graphic tape he made of her abuse, including a scene in which he urinated on her. Kelly abused her twice when she was around 15, once by fondling her and masturbating after a concert in Minnesota and then by fondling her in his Chicago recording studio. She said she met Kelly again later, as a woman, and he seemed to disregard her. Regardless, Bonjean told reporters the outcome of Thursday’s hearing was “a win.” While Thursday’s hearing resolved the most serious charges against him, his attorneys will now turn to battles in the appellate courts. He’s not going out the door in the next 20 years.” Kelly is in good spirits,” Bonjean said. The videos he made included one that went public in the early 2000s. But the judge fashioned the sentence so Kelly will serve 19 of those years while also serving his New York sentence. Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to add 25 years to Kelly’s time in prison. “He’s not going out the door in the next 10 years. But at the end of a two-and-a-half hour hearing, U.S.

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

Kelly’s abuse of children was all the worse, she said, because he “memorialized” his abuse by filming victims, including Jane. Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)'. “The (government’s) whole theory of grooming, was sort of the opposite of fear of bodily harm,” the judge told the court. “I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly. The latter would have been tantamount to a life sentence.