Cook County prosecutors undecided on new R. Kelly trial

Cook County prosecutors on Monday asked for more time to decide on whether to prosecute R&B star R. Kelly on sexual abuse charges involving four Chicago-area women.

R. Kelly’s ex-business manager wants $850,000 in attorneys’ fees after acquittal

R. Kelly’s former business manager is asking a federal judge to award him $850,000 in attorneys’ fees after his acquittal last month on charges that he helped the singer illegally rig his 2008 child-pornography trial.

R. Kelly attorney told singer will have to appear in state court for future hearings

The judge in R. Kelly’s ongoing state court case told his defense attorney Thursday that going forward he wants the R&B superstar in the courtroom for hearings — though Kelly was excused from attending the next one.

R. Kelly has been convicted twice in federal court. Will Cook County also prosecute him?

"Moving forward with these cases would be a waste of time, a waste of the state’s resources, a waste of taxpayers’ money," said Steve Greenberg, the attorney representing R. Kelly in the Cook County cases.

Judge: R. Kelly to pay $300K to victim in sex crimes case

A federal judge signaled Wednesday that she plans to order disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly to pay more than $300,000 to one his victims in a decades-long scheme to use his fame to sexually abuse young fans.

R. Kelly to face sentencing, lawsuits and more trials after guilty verdict in Chicago

R. Kelly on Wednesday was marched out of a courtroom after being found guilty of child pornography charges, a verdict that came nearly a year after the fallen R&B superstar was convicted on sex trafficking charges in federal court in Brooklyn.

R. Kelly convicted, again, this time in Chicago
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A federal jury in Chicago convicted R. Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to a singer who was once one of the world’s biggest R&B stars.

R. Kelly found guilty on multiple counts of child porn, child enticement
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he decision comes after a federal judge in New York sentenced Kelly to 30 years in prison in June for racketeering and sex trafficking. Based on that sentence, he won't be eligible for release until he is around 80.

R. Kelly's attorney speaks after jury finds singer guilty on multiple counts
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A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.

R. Kelly's Chicago trial: Jury reaches verdict in federal child pornography case

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.

R. Kelly verdict: Singer found guilty in Chicago trial

A federal jury in Chicago convicted R. Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to a singer who was once one of the world’s biggest R&B stars.

Day 2 of jury deliberations at R. Kelly's child porn trial
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Early Wednesday, jurors at R. Kelly's federal trial wrote several questions to the judge, at least one indicating the panelists may be grappling with some of the case's legal complexities.

Jury gets R. Kelly's child pornography and trial-fixing case
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Jurors have begun deliberating in R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago on charges accusing him of making child pornography and rigging his 2008 child porn trial.

R. Kelly trial goes to jurors as deliberations begin

The federal case in Chicago against R&B superstar R. Kelly is now in the hands of a jury at the end of a month-long trial.

Closing arguments underway in R. Kelly's Chicago trial
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A federal prosecutor told jurors ?the hidden side of R. Kelly has come to light? as closing arguments got underway Monday in the federal child pornography and obstruction-of-justice trial of the R&B superstar.

‘The hidden side of R. Kelly has come to light’: Closing arguments underway in trial

A federal prosecutor told jurors "the hidden side of R. Kelly has come to light" as closing arguments got underway Monday in the federal child pornography and obstruction-of-justice trial of the R&B superstar.

Defense rests at R. Kelly trial on trial-fixing charges
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The defense for R. Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer?s trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.

Defense rests at R. Kelly trial on trial-fixing charges

The defense for R. Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer’s trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.