It's not over for jailed R. Kelly as he now faces obstruction trial in Chicago

Disgraced singer is among the most prominent people convicted of sexual misbehaviour during the MeToo movement.

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R&B singer R. Kelly's latest federal trial began on Monday with the selection of a jury to hear charges that he lured underage women into having sex with him and obstructed a 2008 state case that ended with his acquittal. In a US district court in his hometown of Chicago, the 55-year-old multiplatinum musical artist faces multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, enticement of a female and possession of material containing child pornography.

Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is among the most prominent people convicted of sexual misbehaviour during the #MeToo movement against such conduct in recent years. Kelly, his former business manager Derrel McDavid and associate Milton “June” Brown also face obstruction of justice charges.

The three men are accused of trying to bribe and threaten witnesses in the 2008 Illinois case in which he was found not guilty on 14 counts of child pornography.

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