R. Kelly has been convicted of multiple child pornography charges at a federal trial and acquitted on others, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Kelly was convicted on three of four child pornography counts and acquitted on charges that he conspired to obstruct justice at his 2008 trial which stemmed from a 2002 state case.He was also found guilty on three of five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly's attorney, said her client had a"sense of relief" that this case is now behind him, and felt that prosecutors had overblown their case against him.
They had sex"hundreds" of times before she turned 18, she said.R. Kelly victim testifies 20 years later about sexual abuse, including some recorded on video, that allegedly started when she was just 14Jane testified she met Kelly through her aunt, Sparkle, who worked with R. Kelly and had a romantic relationship with him. Jane was 12 or 13 when she met the singer. At the time Jane traveled the world with a Christian hip-hop group whose members were cousins of hers.
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