Music writer fights subpoena to testify at R. Kelly trial
A music writer who spent decades raising awareness about sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly is fighting a bid to force him to testify at the R&B singer’s federal trial on child pornography and trial-fixing charges, according to a Tuesday court filing.
Dirksen Federal Courthouse to reopen Wednesday after ‘building-wide system failures’ forced shutdown
The Dirksen Federal Courthouse will reopen Wednesday after “building-wide system failures” prompted authorities to close the building Tuesday, delaying the trial of R&B star R. Kelly and other proceedings.
R. Kelly trial on hold after officials close federal courthouse
Chicago’s federal courthouse will be closed Tuesday because of an “operational issue,” meaning the trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be delayed by at least one day.
R. Kelly tells judge he won't testify at ongoing trial
Closing arguments are expected to happen in the middle of next week.
R. Kelly's team calls for acquittal; judge to rule Thursday
The motion for an acquittal claims the fed's evidence is insufficient to get a conviction against the disgraced singer.
R. Kelly trial: Prosecutors rest their case against R&B singer
Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago after presenting two weeks of evidence and testimony in their effort to show that the singer enticed underage girls for sex, produced child pornography and successfully rigged his 2008 state trial.
Two R. Kelly accusers take stand, say they were sexually abused by singer while underage
Two additional accusers took the witness stand in R. Kelly’s federal child pornography trial Monday, alleging the superstar sexually abused them when they were minors in the late 1990s.
Witness: R. Kelly manager threatened her over stolen video
A former girlfriend of R. Kelly wept on the witness stand Thursday as she testified that a Kelly business manager told her in 2007 she should have been killed for causing the R&B star so much trouble by stealing a video from a gym bag full of recordings of Kelly having sex with women and girls.
‘I said a million dollars’: Man testifies he helped R. Kelly hunt down sex tapes — for a price
After striking a deal with R. Kelly’s private detective and business manager, Charles Freeman knocked on a door and demanded the woman there give him the “mother f—ing tapes that ya’ll stole from Robert Kelly.”
Testimony in R. Kelly's federal trial focuses on singer's finances in second week
The federal trial of R&B star R. Kelly enters its second week in Chicago, with the prosecution shifting its focus away from graphic material shown last week. Monday's testimony focused on the singer's finances and alleged obstruction of justice conspiracy.
R. Kelly witness: I didn’t want to 'carry his lies'
A woman who says she was sexually abused hundreds of times by R. Kelly as a minor testified Friday that she agonized several years ago about whether to cooperate with federal investigators who were looking into child abuse allegations involving the singer, but she ultimately did because she didn’t want to “carry his lies.”
R. Kelly's Chicago trial: Woman describes frequent abuse by singer before she was 18
A woman who has been central to R. Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades testified Thursday that the R&B singer sexually abused her "hundreds" of times before she turned 18 years old, starting when she was 15.