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Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly was found guilty in Chicago today on six of 13 counts related to child pornography and luring underage girls to have sex with him, according to Reuters. Each child pornography conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in Chicago. Previously, Kelly was sentenced to 30…

Former R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison at a Brooklyn federal court on nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering. Kelly had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison, with federal prosecutors having asked for a minimum of 25 years. The onetime superstar declined to make a courtroom…

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che weighed in on Facebook’s turbulent week on tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live. “This week, we found out that sometimes a guy in a hoodie actually can be dangerous,” Jost deadpanned, with reference to the tech company’s founder Mark Zuckerberg. “Internal documents…

Jimmy Kimmel opened Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by addressing R. Kelly’s “very bad day,” noting that the musician was found guilty today in Brooklyn on eight counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering. “Kelly will remain in custody until sentencing, which makes sense,” he observed. “If the guy…

Singer R. Kelly has been found guilty on all nine counts in his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Brooklyn. A jury of seven men and five women convicted Kelly (real name Robert Sylvester Kelly) this afternoon after nearly six weeks of sometimes lurid and graphic testimony. Sentencing has been set for…

Singer R. Kelly’s federal sex trafficking trial began today in Brooklyn, New York, his first time in front of a criminal court jury in 13 years. Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents some accusers, joined family members of Joycelyn Savage, who has claimed she was Kelly’s prisoner. Kelly was acquitted of child…

Federal prosecutors filed a detailed court document Friday, asking a New York judge to admit new allegations against R&B singer R. Kelly in his upcoming sex trafficking trial. The new accusations include alleged acts which R. Kelly has not been charged with, but are “directly relevant to and inextricably intertwined…

R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell has been charged in New York with threatening to shoot up a Manhattan screening room that was showing the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly in 2018. The charges were announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI. Russell was one…

Thousands of concerned women, men, celebrities and politicians crowded into downtown Los Angeles Saturday for the fourth annual Women’s March. With musical performances and speeches to fill the day, attendees listened to one speaker after another demand change, and call on the nation’s next president to make women’s…

Few documentaries have triggered a real-world impact on the order of Surviving R. Kelly. Before the six-part series aired on Lifetime, the titular R&B singer-songwriter had managed to avoid significant harm to his recording career, despite allegations going back decades that he had sexually abused numerous teenage…

Singer R. Kelly has been charged in Minnesota with one count of prostitution with a person under 18 and one count of soliciting sex with a person under 18 for an incident that allegedly occurred with an underage girl at a concert in 2001. The latest sex crimes charges against the R&B singer come as he faces 18 total…

R. Kelly, facing charges of sexual abuse and racketeering in New York and Illinois, was denied bail this morning in a Brooklyn court after pleading not guilty to five criminal charges. The R&B artist was arrested in July and accused of crimes involving women and girls over a span of 20 years. He faces 18 total counts…