Emails sent from R. Kelly prosecutor’s burner account to author of singer’s book at issue as trial looms
The case against R. Kelly took yet another strange twist when it was revealed a prosecutor used a burner email account to communicate with author Jim DeRogatis, who wrote a book on the singer.
chicagotribune.comR. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell faces trial over threat
The trial of R. Kelly’s manager opened Tuesday on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater.
chicagotribune.comDisgraced R&B star R. Kelly back in Chicago for sex trial
R. Kelly has returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking.
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison on federal sex trafficking charges
Disgraced former R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for leading a decades-long sex trafficking operation. He appeared in a New York City court Wednesday, where survivors of his abuse gave emotional accounts of their pain and suffering. National correspondent Jericka Duncan spoke with two of those survivors and reports on both the sentencing and its impact.
news.yahoo.comR. Kelly funneled millions of dollars from music royalties through a childhood friend right before his sex-trafficking conviction, prosecutors allege
One of R. Kelly's childhood friends is holding on to more than $5 million from the sale of his music composition rights, according to prosecutors.
news.yahoo.comR. Kelly fan charged with threatening federal prosecutors ahead of Kelly’s sentencing in New York
An R. Kelly “superfan” has been arrested in the Chicago area on federal charges alleging he threatened victims after the singer’s trial and promised to “storm” the U.S. attorney’s office in New York.
chicagotribune.comProsecutors ask for more than 25 years in federal prison for R. Kelly on New York racketeering conviction
Prosecutors said in a 31-page sentencing memo that Kelly's recording career allowed him to take “advantage of his access to adoring fans and musical hopefuls who jumped at the chance to meet him.”
chicagotribune.comAttorney for R. Kelly asks for evidence in probe of singer’s leaked jail calls, wants former associate tried separately
R. Kelly’s attorney wants access to evidence in an ongoing probe into the singer’s leaked jail calls and says he should be tried separately from his longtime associate.
chicagotribune.comJimmy Kimmel Destroys Bill Cosby for Defending R. Kelly
ABCBack in 2017, singer R. Kelly cast doubt on the dozens of rape allegations against comedian Bill Cosby, saying in an interview, “When you wait 70 years, 50 years, 40 years, to say something that simple, it’s strange,” adding, “You know why I say that is because it happened to me, and it wasn’t true.”Now that Cosby has been released from prison after his conviction was overturned on a technicality, he has returned the favor, defending Kelly, who was finally convicted for sex crimes this week.W
news.yahoo.comConviction Does Not Make Up for Decades of Overlooked Abuse, “Surviving R. Kelly” Documentary Creator Says
Filmmaker dream hampton created the docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” in 2019 to give voice to the survivors of R. Kelly’s decades-long sex trafficking and exploitation. “These are Black women like me. And I’m never going to apologize for advocating for Black girls.” —dream hamptonListen: dream hampton on holding abusers and enablers accountable. “These are Black women like me. And I’m never going to apologize for advocating for Black girls.”
wdet.orgR. Kelly’s ex-wife Drea Kelly says heart ‘breaks’ for their children
In a recent interview, R. Kelly‘s ex-wife Drea Kelly revealed that her heart “breaks” for their children after Kelly was […] The post R. Kelly’s ex-wife Drea Kelly says heart ‘breaks’ for their children appeared first on TheGrio.
news.yahoo.comJosephine Baker: from the stage during the Roaring Twenties to the Pantheon
Josephine Baker, the famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism, will later this year become the first Black woman to enter France's Pantheon mausoleum. VIDEOGRAPHIC
news.yahoo.comSparks fly and adrenaline surges in South Africa car 'spinning'
Hundreds gather to watch a car spinning tournament near Johannesburg in South Africa. Now recognised as a motor sport, "spinning" was born in South African townships during the late 1980s, when gangsters would spin stolen cars to show off their spoils. Tournaments have resumed after a nearly two-year pandemic hiatus.
news.yahoo.comR. Kelly’s defense team expected to argue their case in second day of closing arguments at the singer’s racketeering trial in NY
R. Kelly’s defense team is expected to get their chance to explain to a federal jury In New York on Thursday why they think prosecutors have failed to prove that the Chicago-born R&B star is the head of a racketeering enterprise.
chicagotribune.comR. Kelly behavior mirrors abuse tactics, expert witness says
Prosecutors are inching closer to concluding their case at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial, calling two final witnesses to try to further cement allegations he groomed young victims for unwanted sex and psychological torment in episodes dating to the 1990s.
R. Kelly’s former background dancer testifies she walked in on him and Aaliyah in ‘sexual encounter’
As R. Kelly’s criminal case continues in Brooklyn, New York, more is being revealed by witnesses who say they saw […] The post R. Kelly’s former background dancer testifies she walked in on him and Aaliyah in ‘sexual encounter’ appeared first on TheGrio.
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