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‘My actions were directed toward only one purpose: to save my life,’ Svetlana Dali says

The Independent UK

R. Kelly to use royalties to pay victims

R. Kelly is currently serving 30 years in prison for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking conviction

Salon

R Kelly appeals NY sex trafficking and racketeering conviction, says he’s a victim of the #MeToo movement

NEW YORK — Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly says he’s a victim of the #MeToo movement and wants a New York appeals court to toss his Brooklyn conviction or give him a new trial.

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Guilty verdict for pro-Trump troll who tried to trick voters out of casting Hillary Clinton ballots in 2016

NEW YORK — A federal jury on Friday convicted pro-Trump troll Douglass Mackey of plotting to trick voters out of casting a ballot during the 2016 presidential election.

Tribune News Service

R. Kelly crony gets 20 months in prison for harassing singer’s victim, releasing nude pictures online

An R. Kelly crony was sentenced to 20 months behind bars for releasing explicit photos of the disgraced singer’s victim on the internet — but not before he whined that his reputation had taken a hit after his arrest.

Tribune News Service

Will R. Kelly still stand trial Cook County cases after second federal conviction? Few clues in 4-minute hearing

CHICAGO — Twice-convicted R&B singer R. Kelly’s first hearing in Cook County court after his Chicago federal trial left observers with little clarity about how the lingering county cases would proceed.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s fans donated nearly $28,000 to his prison commissary account, lawyer says

R. Kelly’s fans have put nearly $28,000 into the disgraced R&B singer’s prison commissary account, his lawyers revealed at a hearing in federal court Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

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‘Horrified’ former House Speaker Paul Ryan wept during Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, book says

Tribune News Service

R. Kelly reportedly got engaged to one of his alleged victims before his sentencing

R. Kelly was convicted of multiple sex-trafficking crimes in September and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last month. But before he was sentenced, one of his alleged victims claimed the two are actually engaged, and that he's anything but an abuser.

Los Angeles Times

Why did R Kelly get a longer sentence than Ghislaine Maxwell? A legal expert explains

A US trial heard that Kelly was a ‘prolific serial predator’ who preyed ‘on the young and vulnerable’

The Independent UK

R Kelly's victims say jail term too short but 'pleased he can't hurt anyone now'

Federal prosecutors had called for R Kelly to be locked up for more than 25 years to 'protect the public' but his defence argued 10 years or less is more suitable as he's 'not currently a risk'.

Daily Record

First Thing: January 6 committee subpoenas Donald Trump’s former counsel

Pat Cipollone was a key witness to some of the ex-president’s most brazen schemes to overturn the 2020 election. Plus, how the US food system fuels the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

R Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Decades Of Sexually Abusing Women Children

Kelly's victims addressed him in court.

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R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes

US singer was convicted last year in sex trafficking case after several survivors came forward with stories of abuse.

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‘I literally wished that I would die’: R. Kelly victims begin addressing singer at sentencing hearing

NEW YORK — Seven women, some soft-voiced and sobbing, others with blazing anger, stood in a New York courtroom Wednesday to speak about a seemingly endless pattern of trauma and abuse at the hands of R. Kelly.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in federal court in New York after judge says he left ‘a trail of broken lives’

NEW YORK — Chicago-born R&B superstar R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, punctuating a remarkable fall from grace after decades of sexual misconduct allegations.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s summer of reckoning

CHICAGO — It’s been nine months since Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly was last in a New York courtroom, where he was convicted by a jury after decades of allegations of sexual misdeeds.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago will kick off Aug. 1 after judge denies 3-month delay

CHICAGO — R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago is set to kick off in August after a judge on Tuesday denied a request to postpone it by three months.

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Judge denies R. Kelly’s bid to delay sentencing on racketeering conviction in NY

A federal judge in New York has denied singer R. Kelly’s bid to delay sentencing for his racketeering conviction until after his trial on separate charges in Chicago in August.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly sentencing in New York postponed, but not for the reason his lawyer requested

CHICAGO — Sentencing for R&B star R. Kelly on his racketeering conviction in New York was postponed Tuesday, but the judge denied a request to wait until after his trial on federal charges in Chicago in August.

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