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.
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 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 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 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 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.