R. Kelly

Federal prosecutors in the US have recommended that R Kelly serves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls. The disgraced R&B ...

"He poses a serious danger to the public. He has shown no remorse or respect for the law." The memo comes ahead of R Kelly's sentencing later this month.

Kelly was found guilty of all nine charges filed against him, including one count of racketeering, with 14 underlying acts including sexual exploitation of a ...

Kelly had produced Aaliyah’s 1994 debut album which included the song “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number,” the AP reported. For the racketeering charge, the jury needed to find him guilty of at least two of the 14 allegations. Jurors heard allegations about a fraudulent marriage between the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer and R&B performer Aaliyah in 1994. A jury in New York City found Kelly guilty in his sex-trafficking trial. Prosecutors wrote in the filing that Kelly used his “fame, money and popularity” to “prey upon children and young women for his own sexual gratification.” Kelly was 27.

In a sentencing memo filed this week, prosecutors said he "preyed upon children and young women for his own sexual gratification" for decades by relying "upon ...

"He poses a serious danger to the public. He has shown no remorse or respect for the law." Federal prosecutors claim R Kelly "poses a serious danger to the public."

The singer was convicted of sex crimes in New York last year.

Nine women and two men testified during the six-week trial about how Kelly used his fame to lure them with promises of helping them in the music business. “The government has little doubt that if afforded an opportunity to offend again, [Kelly] would do so,” it reads. Several said they were underage when he sexually assaulted them. The verdict came 13 years after Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges in Illinois and two years after the documentary Surviving R Kelly, in which several women shared their stories and Kelly's brother Bruce said his famous sibling has a “preference” for younger females that goes back decades. “In light of the seriousness of the offences, the need for specific deterrence and the need to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant … the government respectfully submits that a sentence in excess of 25 years is warranted,” read a filing by Breon Peace of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Prosecutors said Kelly’s “history and characteristics also support a sentence in excess of 25 years” because his crimes “were not aberrational; they were his regular mode of operation, which he had no intention of ceasing.”

R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, ...

A New York City jury found Kelly guilty of racketeering and multiple other counts last year at a sex-trafficking trial that was seen as a signature moment in the #MeToo movement. Witnesses said they were married in matching jogging suits using a license falsely listing her age as 18; he was 27 at the time. NEW YORK — R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, prosecutors said in a memo filed Wednesday in advance of his sentencing later this month.

Prosecutors filed a 31-page document with the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday. The disgraced R&B singer faces sentencing on June 29.

Wednesday's court filing is by no means the only legal trouble Kelly faces. In Wednesday's memo, prosecutors also wrote about the wedding, which was later annulled with the help of Aaliyah's family. They continued that Kelly's "actions were brazen, manipulative, controlling and coercive.

In that case, in the New York courts, a jury ruled that Kelly had built up and run a criminal enterprise that allowed him to prolifically groom and abuse young ...

In addition to the 25 year+ jail term, prosecutors also propose a fine of up to $250,000. “Through his actions”, it adds, “the defendant exhibited a callous disregard for the very real effects that his crimes had on his victims and has shown no remorse for any of his conduct. However, it then states, “the government respectfully submits that a sentence in excess of 25 years is appropriate in light of all relevant factors”.