R. Kelly
Born | January 8, 1967 |
Hometown | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Height | 6'1" (1.85m) |
Spouse | Andrea Kelly, Aaliyah |
Children | Joann Kelly, Jay Kelly, Robert Kelly Jr. |
Parents | Joanne Kelly |
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R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term
R. Kelly's lawyer says all kinds of legitimate orgs could be deemed racketeering orgs under a law used to convict the R&B superstar at his trial.
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R. Kelly’s latest federal appeal argument heard in New York
CHICAGO – Arguments attempting to have R. Kelly’s racketeering conviction thrown were as broad and complicated as the criminal scheme he was found guilty of running – a scheme that, his attorney said, doesn’t meet the definition of a criminal enterprise at all. There may have been evidence that the disgraced R&B star committed wrongdoing “using the quote-unquote machinery of his organization,” ...
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R. Kelly Sex Abuse Appeal: Star’s Attorney Says Feds Are Pushing RICO Laws ‘to the Point of Absurdity’
At a hearing before a federal appeals court, the singer's lawyer argued that prosecutors had failed to prove that Kelly violated a law used to target the Mafia.
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R. Kelly challenge to sex abuse conviction draws skepticism from US appeals court
A lawyer for R. Kelly struggled on Monday to convince a U.S. appeals court to overturn the former R&B superstar's sex trafficking conviction and 30-year prison sentence. Kelly, 57, is appealing his September 2021 conviction by a Brooklyn, New York, jury on all nine charges he faced, including racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, which forbids transporting people across state lines for prostitution. His lawyer Jennifer Bonjean told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that
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R. Kelly’s appeal argument calls reasons for long sentence too vague, but court warns he could wind up worse off
CHICAGO — Imprisoned R&B star R. Kelly’s attempt to win a new sentencing in Chicago’s federal court might well backfire, an appellate judge reminded his attorneys in court Thursday. “If we agree with you, does your client realize he could be worse off?” Judge Amy St. Eve of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals asked, noting that Kelly could be given a harsher prison term if he is resentenced. ...
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Arguments in R. Kelly’s appeal expected Thursday
Attorneys for R. Kelly will go before a federal appeals court Thursday in hopes of convincing justices to throw out the disgraced R&B star’s convictions for child pornography and inappropriate sexual conduct with minors. Among Kelly’s claims: The charges were filed after the statute of limitations had expired, Kelly’s 20-year sentence was unduly harsh, and the child pornography charges should ...
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Estate in south suburbs once owned by R. Kelly and an Isley Brother listed for $3.5M
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — There’s a property for sale in Chicago’s south suburbs with a lot of history and mystery attached to it, particularly for music enthusiasts. Its owners have included an early McDonald’s franchisee, R. Kelly and one of the Isley Brothers. Considering its backstory, it’s the type of headline-grabbing property that doesn’t often […]
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Boosie Badazz Claims R. Kelly Would’ve Delivered An “Amazing” Super Bowl Half-Time Show
“I CAN HEAR THAT VOICE NOW ‘I BELIEVE I CAN FLY,’ ‘STEP N THE NAME OF LOVE,’" he wrote.
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Kanye West Slammed For Name Dropping Taylor Swift Alongside S-x Offenders
Kanye West‘s newest track, “Carnival,” has taken his beef with Taylor Swift to new heights, and her fans are far from pleased with the song’s explicit lyrics. The rapper, legally known as Ye, became the No.1 enemy of Swifties after name-dropping the sensational songstress in a seemingly offensive way. Many expressed rage over his actions, particularly offended […]
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Kanye West Likens Himself To Bill Cosby And R. Kelly In “Carnival” Track
Kanye also compares himself to Jesus Christ and P. Diddy because, of course he did.
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