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'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.
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.
‘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
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.
Former R. Kelly business manager — now co-defendant — to take stand for 3rd day
Derrel McDavid already has spent two days on the witness stand, fielding questions from his lawyer about the more than two decades he spent as one of the singer’s most trusted associates.
R. Kelly's Chicago trial: Ex-employee testifies he now doubts singer's abuse denials
An ex-business manager for R. Kelly and his co-defendant at the singer’s federal trial in Chicago expressed doubts on the witness stand Thursday about Kelly’s insistence in the 2000s that he never sexually abused minors.
Music critic Jim DeRogatis won’t have to testify about R. Kelly video at singer’s trial, judge rules
R. Kelly’s former business manager is expected to take the stand Wednesday — but a former Sun-Times music critic will not — as proceedings resume for a fourth week in the singer’s trial at the Dirksen Federal Building.