The disgraced musician R. Kelly must serve one additional year in prison on top of his 30-year term. The New York court sentenced R. Kelly to thirty years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering in June 2022.
Some months later, he was found guilty of inciting kids to engage in sexual activity and creating child sexual imagery in a second federal trial in Chicago.
R. Kelly has been given a 20-year sentence for his offenses, however, 19 years will be served concurrently with his previous sentence.
If he serves his entire sentence, he will be incarcerated until he is in his mid-80s.
In the second instance, federal prosecutors sought a 25-year term, which was greater than the minimum mandated by federal sentencing guidelines.
They claimed that Kelly’s actions were exacerbated by the fact that he filmed them, with some of the footage subsequently becoming accessible online.
They stated in a document,
“Because Kelly is Kelly, more individuals have viewed child pornography.” “Kelly’s actions have far-reaching, unfathomable, and irrevocable consequences.”
The memo said that Kelly’s desire to abuse children is “insatiable” and that a long term was necessary to “guard the community” from additional harm.
Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly’s defense attorney, had requested the judge to allow Kelly to serve his most recent term concurrently with his earlier sentence, i.e., at the same time. She characterized a consecutive term as a “second life sentence.”
She also claimed that prosecutors “inflamed” impressions about the former R&B star by utilizing an “embellished” story.
Jane, the victim who testified at the Chicago trial, stated that Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of times before she reached 18 years old.
During the trial, three videos of the abuse were given to the jury. Four further women alleged that Kelly abused them as minors.
In his earlier trial in New York, jurors heard that Kelly, with the assistance of his managers and other members of his entourage, sexually abused women across the United States.
The Grammy-winning singer, whose best-known songs include Ignition (Remix) and the incredibly popular 1996 anthem I Believe I Can Fly, is among the most prominent musicians accused of sexual misconduct in the aftermath of the #MeToo movement.
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