Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly‘s challenge of 20-year sentence
The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term
R. Kelly's lawyer says all kinds of legitimate organizations — even college fraternities — could be deemed racketeering organizations under a law used to convict the R&B superstar at his trial of using his fame to sexually abuse young fans.
R. Kelly files lawsuit against federal government over alleged privacy breach
R&B singer R. Kelly is taking legal action against the federal government.
R. Kelly sues federal government over alleged leak
R. Kelly is suing the federal government.
Prosecutors in Minnesota dismiss state sex charges against disgraced singer R. Kelly
Minnesota prosecutors have dropped state sex charges against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly.
Prosecutors in Minnesota dismiss state sex charges against disgraced singer R. Kelly
Minnesota prosecutors have dropped state sex charges against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly.
R. Kelly moved to North Carolina prison from Chicago
Singer R. Kelly was moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security prison in North Carolina last week, according to federal officials.
R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence for Chicago conviction
A federal judge decided Thursday that R. Kelly should serve an additional year in prison for his child pornography conviction in Chicago last year, finally resolving the most serious criminal cases against the R&B superstar who is already serving 30 years behind bars.
R. Kelly gets additional year in prison for Chicago conviction on charges of child porn and sexual contact with minors
A federal judge decided Thursday that R. Kelly should serve an additional year in prison for his child pornography conviction in Chicago last year, finally resolving the most serious criminal cases against the R&B superstar who is already serving 30 years behind bars.
R. Kelly sentenced in Chicago child pornography case
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a call from prosecutors to keep R. Kelly behind bars until he is 100, instead telling the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer he would serve all but one of his 20 years on child sex convictions simultaneously with a previous sentence.
R. Kelly sentenced in Chicago child pornography case
A federal judge on Thursday handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex but said he will serve nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed last year on racketeering charges.
R. Kelly to be sentenced today in Chicago federal court
The R & B singer is already serving 30 years for a conviction in New York and today he will learn if he will spend the rest of his life in jail.
R. Kelly to be sentenced in Chicago tomorrow: Here's what to expect
Superstar-turned-felon R. Kelly wouldn't be eligible for release until 2066, a year shy of his 100th birthday, if a federal judge accepts prosecutors' recommendations at his sentencing hearing Thursday in his hometown of Chicago.
R. Kelly would be around 100 years old before being eligible for release if prosecutors have their way
Disgraced singer R. Kelly would be around 100 years old before being eligible for release if federal prosecutors have their way.
R. Kelly court: US prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R&B singer
Federal prosecutors Thursday asked a judge to give singer R. Kelly 25 more years in prison for his child pornography and enticement convictions last year in Chicago, which would add to 30 years he recently began serving in a New York case.
R. Kelly’s defense attorney asks federal judge in Chicago not to add to star’s decades behind bars
R. Kelly’s defense attorney asked a federal judge Friday to hand the twice-convicted R&B superstar a sentence that would not add to the decades he is already expected to serve behind bars.
R. Kelly files for new trial, claims key witness lied
R. Kelly’s attorneys have filed a motion for a new trial in his federal case in Chicago, alleging a key witness lied under oath about whether she planned to seek millions in restitution from the singer if he was convicted.
R. Kelly files for new trial, claims key witness lied about plans to seek millions in restitution
R. Kelly’s attorneys have filed a motion for a new trial in his federal case in Chicago, alleging a key witness lied under oath about whether she planned to seek millions in restitution from the singer if he was convicted.
R. Kelly sex-abuse charges officially dropped by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx
The Cook County case against R. Kelly is over. Charges were dropped officially in a court hearing on Tuesday.
Charges officially dropped against R. Kelly in Cook County
A sexual abuse case against R&B singer Robert Kelly was dropped Tuesday morning in a fifth-floor courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.