R. Kelly Sentenced To One Additional Year In Prison

R. Kelly must spend another year in prison on top of the 30 years he is already serving for his crimes.

After a trial in New York in June 2022, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering.

Several months later, in a second federal trial in Chicago, he was found guilty of trying to get minors to have sex with him and making child sexual images.

He is now serving a 20-year sentence for these crimes, but 19 of those years will be served at the same time as the first sentence.

If he stays in jail until the end of his sentence, he will be in his mid-80s.

In the second case, federal prosecutors wanted a 25-year sentence longer than what federal sentencing guidelines called for. They said that Kelly’s crimes were worse because he filmed them, and some videos were later posted online.

The memo said that R. Kelly wants to abuse children “until he dies” and needs a long sentence to “protect the community” from more harm.

Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly’s defense lawyer, asked the judge to let Kelly serve his latest sentence at the same time as his previous sentence. This means that he would have served both sentences at the same time. She said a second sentence would be like getting a chance at life.

She also said that prosecutors “flamed up” public opinion about the former R&B star by telling an ” exaggerated story.”

During the Chicago trial, the victim, named “Jane,” said that Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of times before she turned 18.

During the trial, three videos of the abuse were shown to the jury. Four other women also said that R. Kelly hurt them when they were kids.

In his last trial in New York, jurors heard that Kelly used his managers and other people in his group to help him move women around the US so he could sexually abuse them.

The Grammy-winning singer is best known for songs like “Ignition (Remix)” and “I Believe I Can Fly,” which was a huge hit in 1996. She is one of the most famous musicians accused of abuse since the #MeToo movement began.

Source: https://atlwire.com/r-kelly-gets-extra-prison-time/