R. Kelly hospitalized for overdose, claims murder plot in prison, lawyer says
Prison staff gave R. Kelly "an amount of medicine that could have killed him," his lawyer alleged in a federal court filing.
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Prison staff gave R. Kelly "an amount of medicine that could have killed him," his lawyer alleged in a federal court filing.
A former R&B star-turned-sex offender won't face the music in Minnesota after all.
Minnesota prosecutors haven't said whether they still intend to take Kelly to trial.
Kelly faces a solicitation case in Hennepin County, Minnesota. But the case has been on the back burner while the federal cases play out.
R&B star R. Kelly is a predator who lured girls, boys and young women with his fame and dominated them physically, sexually and psychologically, a prosecutor said Wednesday, while a defense lawyer warned jurors they'll have to sift through lies from accusers with agendas to find the truth.
R. Kelly can remain behind bars awaiting multiple trials on child pornography and other charges in three states, an appeals court in New York said Tuesday as a lawyer for the R&B singer cited another inmate's attack on Kelly last month as one reason he should receive bail.
The lawyer for R. Kelly said Thursday the R&B singer, who is awaiting trial on child pornography and other charges, was assaulted by a fellow detainee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied R&B singer R. Kelly's request for release from jail in Chicago because he was concerned he could contract the coronavirus while behind bars.
R&B singer R. Kelly cited the novel coronavirus in asking a federal judge Thursday to free him from a federal jail in Chicago as he awaits trial on child pornography and other charges.
R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser.
Illinois prosecutors said Wednesday that the first of four Chicago sexual abuse cases against R. Kelly that they'll take to trial involves a hairdresser who says the R&B singer forced himself on her during a 2003 appointment.
Embattled singer R. Kelly is slated to make a court appearance Thursday in Minnesota.
Jail personnel moved R. Kelly on Tuesday into the general inmate population despite earlier concerns.
A lawyer says singer R. Kelly is enduring "cruel and unusual punishment" by being held in solitary confinement in a Chicago jail on sexual misconduct charges.
Federal charges will increase pressure on R. Kelly to seek a plea deal, which is what the overwhelming majority of defendants in federal cases do.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced R. Kelly is charged with sex crimes stemming from a July 2001 incident with a minor.
Accusations like those against R. Kelly are giving a new voice to underage victims.
The song, "I Admit," was posted to Soundcloud on Monday.
The Time's Up campaign is taking aim at R. Kelly over allegations he has sexually abused women.
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