Prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly
The singer, 56, wouldn't be eligible for release until he was about 100 if a Chicago judge goes along and adds it to the 30 years Kelly's already serving after a New York conviction.
The singer, 56, wouldn't be eligible for release until he was about 100 if a Chicago judge goes along and adds it to the 30 years Kelly's already serving after a New York conviction.
Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2022 on nine counts that included "sexual exploitation of children."
A restitution order that was still being finalized is meant to cover the cost of treatment for herpes and psychotherapy.
Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.
The FBI is assisting with the investigation after a package opened by an employee detonated on the campus of Boston's Northeastern University, leaving one person with minor injuries. The U.S. Labor Secretary will meet carriers and unions Wednesday in a bid to avoid a rail strike. And singer R. Kelly's child pornography and trial-fixing case is now in the hands of a Chicago jury.
The defense for R. Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer's trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.
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Opening statements began Wednesday in Chicago in a federal trial for R. Kelly. He's accused of enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial. Jim DeRogatis, journalist and author of "Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly," first broke the story for the Chicago Sun Times back in 2000, and he joins CBS News to discuss this latest case.
Three people were injured in a shooting outside Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, near Chicago. A federal trial for R Kelly is set to begin in Chicago. A key witness in the child porn case is expected to testify that she and Kelly had sex on camera when she was 14. And a U.S. congressional delegation is in Taiwan on the heels of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit earlier this month.
The singer's federal trial on charges he conspired to obstruct justice in his 2008 state child pornography trial starts Monday in Chicago.
The lawyers allege that there is no reason for Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center to put the 55-year-old Kelly on suicide watch, and that doing so is causing "real and lasting harm" to the singer.
Disgraced former R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for leading a decades-long sex trafficking operation. He appeared in a New York City court Wednesday, where survivors of his abuse gave emotional accounts of their pain and suffering. National correspondent Jericka Duncan spoke with two of those survivors and reports on both the sentencing and its impact.
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“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King is celebrating her 10-year anniversary with CBS News. Over this past decade, she has been on the ground sharing many important stories, including the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, the billionaire space race, the murder of George Floyd, the R. Kelly case, and many more.
The company said the decision was based on the singer abusing his power in the music industry to commit crimes.
In an extended portion of her exclusive interview with Gayle King, Azriel Clary discusses getting out of her abusive relationship with R. Kelly. Psychologist Thema Bryant joins "CBS Mornings" to share the warning signs of domestic abuse and how to seek help.
Clary, who defended Kelly in a 2019 interview, sat down once again with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King to detail some of the abuse in the relationship and how she got out of it.
In an interview with “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, R. Kelly survivor Azriel Clary spoke about how her relationship with her father and brother was negatively impacted by Kelly’s controlling behavior.
In an interview with “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King, Azriel Clary, who testified against R. Kelly at his racketeering trial, says that the disgraced singer had strict rules about what she and other women could wear and who they were allowed to speak to.
During R. Kelly's trial, Clary testified that he began sexually abusing her when she was 17 years old.
Azriel Clary sat down with Gayle King for her first interview since testifying against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. Clary, who was a minor when she first met Kelly, previously defended him in an interview with King in 2019. This is her first interview since R. Kelly was found guilty on all nine counts against him, including racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
Azriel Clary sat down with Gayle King for her first interview since testifying against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. Clary, who was a minor when she first met Kelly, previously defended him in an interview with King in 2019. This is her first interview since R. Kelly was found guilty on all nine counts against him, including racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
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"People tried to warn him. People tried to help him," Azriel Clary said.
Azriel Clary, who was in a relationship with R. Kelly and testified against the singer at his sex trafficking trial, said "he knows that he is guilty." Clary sat down with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King to discuss the case.
Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York called their fifth witness to the stand as proceedings continued Tuesday.
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A motion in the Minnesota Senate to call for the resignation of bemired DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed Tuesday. This came after a GOP-led effort to strip her of voting powers failed Monday.
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