R Kelly

The disgraced singer's sentence by an Illinois court for child pornography charges brings his total prison term to 31 years.

Kelly allegations](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065) (NBC News) Kelly Sentenced To One Additional Year In Prison In Child Pornography Case, Bringing Prison Time To 31 Years](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/02/23/r-kelly-sentenced-to-one-additional-year-in-prison-in-child-pornography-case-bringing-prison-time-to-31-years/?sh=633143fa6710) (Forbes) [Timeline of the R. [sentencing](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvey-weinsteins-prison-term-double-l-rape-sentence-rcna71702) for a rape conviction in Los Angeles. Scrutiny against Kelly resurfaced in the late 2010s when a [Buzzfeed News ](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult) [report](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult) alleged he ran a “cult” in which he dictated the lives of and emotionally and sexually manipulated six women (Kelly denied the allegations). Kelly was [charged](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r-kelly-charged-multiple-counts-sexual-abuse-minor-n974621) in Illinois on multiple counts of sexual abuse of minors the next month. “Black men, with diabetes, do not live into their 80s in prison,” Kelly’s lawyer Jennifer Bonjean [told](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/r-kelly-sentenced-federal-child-pornography-trial-1234685009/) the judge, adding there is no reason to believe he would reoffend in his mid-80s if he completes a 30-year prison sentence. This prompted further backlash against Kelly, sparking the #MuteRKelly social media [campaign](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065) and inspiring other women to publicly [make allegations](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40635526) against him. The series inspired wide backlash against Kelly from former collaborators, celebrities and social media users, and he was [dropped](https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/686641970/r-kelly-has-been-dropped-by-rca-records-billboard-reports#:~:text=R.-,Kelly%20Has%20Been%20Dropped%20By%20RCA%20Records,%20'Billboard'%20Reports,multiple%20women%20of%20sexual%20abuse.) from his record label later that month. [marriage](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065) to Aaliyah (which was annulled months later because she was underage) and lawsuits brought against him for allegedly having sex with minors. Kelly, a six-part Lifetime docuseries chronicling Kelly’s alleged instances of abuse, [premiered](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/celebrities-react-lifetime-s-surviving-r-kelly-docuseries-n955201) in January 2019 and featured interviews with women who accused him of physical, sexual and mental abuse. To this day, and even following the jury verdict against him, Kelly refuses to accept responsibility for his crimes,” prosecutors Kelly has faced allegations of sexual abuse throughout his career.

R Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those ...

“I have lost my dreams to Robert Kelly,” the statement said. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)’. To give him a consecutive 25-year sentence on top of that “is overkill, it is symbolic,” she said. Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “It’s the right outcome,” she told reporters following the hearing. Kelly remained still and impassive, his eyes downcast, when the judge issued his sentence in a Chicago federal courtroom.

Disgraced R&B singer will only have to serve an extra year after completing current New York sentence.

Kelly’s abuse of children was all the worse, she said, because he “memorialized” it by filming his victims, including Jane. It just doesn’t seem to me that it rises to the fear of bodily harm.” Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly … “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections [from Kelly] … Prosecutors acknowledged that a lengthy term served only after the New York sentence could have erased any chance of Kelly getting out of prison alive.

The disgraced R&B singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was handed a 20-year prison term on Thursday, but he will serve nearly all of the sentence ...

This additional sentence means Kelly will serve no more than 31 years. [Everybody knew the accusations - so why did it take 30 years to get justice?](https://news.sky.com/story/r-kelly-convicted-everybody-knew-the-accusations-so-why-did-it-take-30-years-to-get-justice-12420062) [R Kelly: A timeline of abuse](https://news.sky.com/story/r-kelly-a-timeline-of-sexual-abuse-allegations-as-singer-faces-trial-in-new-york-12383223) [Everybody knew the claims - why did it take 30 years to get justice?](https://news.sky.com/story/r-kelly-convicted-everybody-knew-the-allegations-so-why-has-it-taken-30-years-to-get-justice-12420062) The additional sentence will mean the Grammy Award winner will serve 31 years in total in prison, following a 30-year sentence he received last year for racketeering and trafficking.

“The nature of this offence is horrific,” Judge Leinenweber said in explaining the 20-year sentence. He noted that Kelly's sexual abuse victims would suffer ...

Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)’. “He is 56 years of age.” Another accuser, who used the pseudonym “Nia”, addressed Kelly directly in court. “It’s the right outcome,” Ms Bonjean said. “The judge was reasonable.

A federal judge on Thursday handed singer R Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex ...

“I have lost my dreams to Robert Kelly,” the statement said. “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly)’. To give him a consecutive 25-year sentence on top of that “is overkill, it is symbolic,” she said. Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. “It’s the right outcome,” she told reporters following the hearing. Kelly remained still and impassive, his eyes downcast, when the judge issued his sentence in a Chicago federal courtroom.

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday sentenced R. Kelly to one additional year in prison for his conviction on sex crimes, extending a 30-year sentence ...