Charges against R. Kelly to be dropped due to 'extensive sentences' in federal cases

R. Kelly won't face state charges in Illinois due to 'extensive sentences' after federal convictions for child porn, sex trafficking and more.

‘I have been enduring this for almost two decades,’ one R. Kelly survivor told The Times. ‘I am very happy with the sentence.’The announcement came a day before a court hearing on the state charges was scheduled to occur. Foxx said prosecutors would instead ask the court to dismiss the charges.

R. Kelly’s team told police in February that master recordings had been taken from a storage facility. Is that how the ‘I Admit It’ album happened?

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