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Emails sent from R. Kelly prosecutor’s burner account to author of singer’s book at issue as trial looms

CHICAGO — The Chicago federal case against R. Kelly took yet another strange twist Wednesday when it was revealed that the onetime lead prosecutor used a burner email account and a fake name to communicate with the author of a book on Kelly’s sexual misconduct.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly prosecutor accused of using fake name, private email to communicate with journalist

The claim by attorneys for former Kelly worker Derrel McDavid landed less than two weeks before Kelly is set to go on trial in Chicago’s federal court on Aug. 15.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Surviving R. Kelly' helped bring singer down. But #MeToo 'blowback' is real, producer says

R&B icon R. Kelly on Wednesday was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a U.S. district judge for racketeering and sex trafficking, 26 years after the first accusation of sex with an underage girl was brought against the singer.

Los Angeles Times

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R. Kelly’s prison sentence comes after decades of outcries by victims who were ignored too long

R. Kelly’s legal saga has been an unnecessarily drawn out debacle fueled by denial, greed and the willingness to ignore the cries of mostly Black girls and women.

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly, the Top-selling R&B Star Who Dodged Sex Allegations for Years

A Chicago native who soared to global celebrity on a burst of megahits in the 1990s, for years R.

Asharq Al-Awsat

R Kelly abused his victims for decades. Why did it take just as long to bring him to justice?

Accusations against the disgraced R&B star first surfaced in the 1990s. But despite multiple women coming forward, R Kelly's career felt little impact.

ABC News

First Thing: US shaken by supreme court draft overturning Roe v Wade

Biden condemns abortion opinion that, if handed down, would mean ‘fundamental shift’ in law and imperil many other rights

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‘Everyone failed these young, Black girls’: journalist Jim DeRogatis on his decades-long battle to expose R Kelly

The music critic began reporting on the star’s abuse of Black women and girls back in 2000 – and he kept going for 20 years. Why were his revelations ignored for so long?

The Guardian - UK

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