New details emerge in Chicago sex case against R. Kelly
The witness labeled "Minor 1" is expected to testify that R. Kelly sent she and her parents on vacation to avoid talking about the infamous sex tape after it surfaced, according to legal documents.
Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly returns to Chicago for sex trial
R. Kelly has been returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking.
R. Kelly off suicide watch
R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case, prosecutors said.
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex abuse case
R& B star R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in a federal sex abuse case in New York.
R. Kelly and Aaliyah: A look at an illegitimate marriage
Part of the case against R. Kelly involved details about his marriage to then-15-year-old singer Aaliyah, who later died in a 2001 plane crash.
R. Kelly fan from Bolingbrook accused of threatening federal prosecutors in New York
An R. Kelly superfan from suburban Bolingbrook faces charges for allegedly making threats against prosecutors who led the federal case against the Chicago-born singer in New York.
ComEd bribery case likely postponed until 2023 — thanks to R. Kelly
A major public corruption trial set for late summer has been postponed because of a delay in another major trial set to begin soon at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse — the child pornography trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly.
R. Kelly should get at least 25 years in prison: prosecutors
R. Kelly used his “fame, money and popularity” to systematically “prey upon children and young women for his own sexual gratification,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.
R. Kelly's Chicago trial remains set for Aug. 1 as judge rejects delay
Singer R. Kelly’s Chicago trial on charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice appears set for Aug. 1 after his new defense attorney failed to persuade a judge to delay it for three months.
R. Kelly’s attorney challenges Chicago charges as trial looms
R&B singer R. Kelly’s new defense attorney has turned her sights on the federal charges still pending against him in Chicago, arguing that prosecutors filed them about a decade too late.
New lawyer challenges R. Kelly’s racketeering conviction, seeks acquittal and new trial
The new lawyer for convicted R&B singer R. Kelly asked a federal judge in Brooklyn on Thursday to overturn the verdict against him or give him a new trial in a set of expected challenges to his racketeering conviction last year.
R. Kelly contracts COVID-19 in jail, requests more time to file appeal: lawyer
Jailed R&B singer R. Kelly tested positive for COVID-19 while awaiting sentencing for his conviction in a sex trafficking trial in New York.
R. Kelly associate sentenced to prison for setting fire to car of singer's accuser
Michael Williams was accused of setting the woman's car on fire outside her Florida home in June of 2020. This all happened before she was set to testify against R. Kelly in his New York trial.
R. Kelly's Chicago trial on federal sex charges set for August 2022
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York.