R. Kelly gets 30 years prison sentence for sex crimes
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for spearheading decades-long efforts to recruit and entrap teenage boys and women for sex.
Robert Sylvester Kelly
R. Kelly found guilty
R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the RnB singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.
R Kelly Trial Begins As Prosecutor Calls Star ‘Sex Predator’
NEW YORK — R. Kelly went on trial on Wednesday in Brooklyn on charges he was the ringleader of a two-decade scheme where he recruited women and underage girls for sex, with a prosecutor calling the R&B superstar a “predator.”