JUST IN: R. Kelly has been sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor. The sentence is in addition to the 30 years Kelly is serving after being found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking.
CHICAGO — Disgraced musician R. Kelly was sentenced to one additional year in prison by an Illinois federal judge Thursday, nearly five months after he was convicted of sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor.
The judge said he believed"sentencing should be sufficient but not greater than necessary," adding that"everybody agrees that the nature of this offense is horrible, horrific.” Kelly had faced 13 counts, including charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, receipt of child pornography, enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct, conspiring to obstruct justice and conspiring to receive child pornography in the Illinois trial. He was acquitted on seven counts, including all of the charges related to conspiracy.
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