A jury found disgraced R&B singer/songwriter and convicted sex offender R. Kelly guilty on six counts, including child pornography charges, on Wednesday in a Chicago courtroom.
He was also acquitted of seven additional counts; one child pornography count, one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, as well as four conspiracy counts.
Kelly, 55, stood accused of 13 counts of producing and receiving child pornography, enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
In June, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, after a jury found him guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking, during a six-week trial in 2021 that included testimony from 45 witnesses in a Brooklyn, N.Y., courtroom.
Two of Kelly’s former associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, were also charged alongside Kelly for trying to buy back Kelly’s sex tapes and conceal his sexual abuse.
McDavid and Brown were both acquitted of the charges against them.
Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean called for a mistrial twice Monday, arguing that her client was denied a fair trial.
“The presumption of innocence has been abolished for him,” Bonjean said.
U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber denied her request.
During the trial on Tuesday,
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Pozolo addressed the courtroom in her closing arguments, and called out Kelly’s history of sex abuse.
“Robert Kelly abused many girls over many years,” Pozolo said. “He committed horrible crimes against children. … All these years later, the hidden side of Robert Kelly has come out.”
“What R. Kelly wanted was to have sex with young girls,” U.S. District Attorney Jeannice Appenteng said. “And what the people around him wanted … they wanted to help their boss, including helping him get away with it.”
Two days of contemplating the case turned into three, with the jury sending Leinenweber three questions regarding claims provided by a witness and the wording of question.
A sentencing date for Kelly has not been set at this time.
I wonder how much of that in in the oral office of Biden’s. He is a pedophile!
Yes he is!!
You sound like one of those stupid QAnon people. They’re all a bunch of retards.