R. Kelly

• R. Kelly asks Trump to commute his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking

  'The White House has a thorough review process for all clemency requests, with the President being the ultimate decider,' a White House official told Global News in a statement.

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  Jul 16
  
• R. Kelly hospitalized after prison overdose, his lawyers allege murder plot

  R. Kelly's lawyers allege prison staff provided the singer with an 'overdose quantity' of medication shortly after they filed an emergency motion seeking his immediate release.

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  Jun 17, 2025
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear R. Kelly’s sex crimes appeal

  The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex.

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  Oct 7, 2024
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• R. Kelly sentenced to 20 years for child sex crimes, but avoids lengthy jail add-on

  All but one of those 20 years will be simultaneously served with an earlier 30-year sentence on racketeering and sex trafficking convictions.

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  Feb 23, 2023
• A timeline of R. Kelly’s rise and fall, from R&B superstar to convicted abuser

  The singer has been found guilty on child pornography and sex crime charges in Chicago while already serving a 30-year sentence for crimes in New York.

  Entertainment

  Sep 14, 2022
• R. Kelly found guilty of child pornography, sex abuse in Chicago trial

  The jury, however, found the disgraced R&B singer not guilty of obstruction of justice in a 2008 state case that ended with his acquittal.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2022
• R. Kelly’s lawyer tells jury not to accept portrayal of him as a ‘monster’

  R. Kelly’s lead attorney implored jurors during her opening statement at the federal trial in Chicago not to accept the prosecution’s negative portrayal of her client.

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  Aug 18, 2022
• R Kelly accuser to testify on trial fixing charge

  Prosecutors say Kelly shot the video of Minor 1 in a log cabin-themed room at his North Side Chicago home between 1998 and 2000 when she was as young as 13.

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  Aug 13, 2022
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• R. Kelly remains on suicide watch ‘for his own safety,’ feds say

  Federal authorities are pushing back on R. Kelly's claims that he was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment.

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  Jul 3, 2022
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• R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case

  R. Kelly, 55, didn't speak at his sentencing, where he also was ordered to pay a US$100,000 fine.

  Entertainment

  Jun 29, 2022