American singer R. Kelly found guilty on various charges in Chicago this Wednesday. possessing child pornography and sexual abuse of minorsAlready after June Sentenced to 30 years in prison For organized crime and sexual exploitation and human trafficking he was imprisoned in New York.
The R&B star of the 1990s, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly and who is now 55 years old, was convicted on six of 13 charges, three of which were child pornography and three related to persuading minors to have sex with them. R. Kelly is on a suicide watch in a New York prison for self-interest after being convicted in a six-week trial in which dozens of people testify against him.
Throughout the New York process, the Prosecutor’s Office “called 45 witnesses to the stand and presented hundreds of evidence, including written, video and audio recordings, of the abuse suffered by the accused, with the help of its staff and partners. Their victims.” Prosecutors had sought from the judge a sentence of more than 25 years and a fine of between $50,000 and $250,000 (finally set at $100,000). The defense had requested that the alleged traumatic childhood of the accused not exceed 10 years, including evidence of a history of sexual abuse by family members and non-family members.
A dozen witnesses who claimed to have been harassed by R. Kelly during the procedure, others detailed an ongoing pattern of exploitation. On stage, the women described a charismatic celebrity who frequently targeted young victims who attended her concerts, sometimes sexually assaulting her backstage minutes after the event. The statements also revealed that Kelly had long-term abused her partners, whom she beat and forced to call him ‘dad’ (dad). Likewise, he controlled how they could dress, when they could use the bathroom or eat, how they could interact with other men, or whether they could leave the rooms of residences or hotels where they kept themselves.
They also revealed that R. Kelly used an entire network of employees to assist him in his efforts to recruit, isolate and intimidate young girls.