Extended: Jane Doe in R. Kelly trial speaks

Reshona Landfair, who testified as Jane Doe at R. Kelly's 2022 federal trial, speaks to Jericka Duncan in her first TV interview about her new memoir, "Who's Watching Shorty?". Kelly is now behind bars after being convicted of racketeering and sex crimes in two separate federal trials in 2021 and 2022. But Kelly's legal troubles started long before that, including when a tape that he had filmed performing sex acts on a 14-year-old girl — now identified as Landfair — leaked in 2001.

• Feb 3

Jane Doe in R. Kelly's sex tape speaks out

Singer R. Kelly was convicted of racketeering and sex crimes in two separate federal trials in 2021 and 2022. But Kelly's legal troubles started many years before that, including when a tape that he had filmed performing sex acts on a 14-year-old girl leaked in 2001. That girl is now identified as Reshona Landfair. She was known as Jane Doe during one of Kelly's trials. Now, Landfair is speaking out in her first TV interview about her new memoir. Jericka Duncan reports.

• Feb 6

Jane Doe in R. Kelly case speaks out

Reshona Landfair, who testified as Jane Doe in R. Kelly's 2022 federal trial in Chicago, tells CBS News' Jerick Duncan that the release of the 2019 docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" was a pivotal moment in her life. Duncan joins CBS News 24/7 Mornings with more.

• Feb 3

Jane Doe in R. Kelly's sex tape speaks in first TV interview

Reshona Landfair, known as Jane Doe during R. Kelly's 2022 trial, speaks to "CBS Mornings" for her first TV interview about her new memoir.

• Feb 3

R. Kelly target of murder plot, lawyers claim

Lawyers for R. Kelly allege prison officials are trying to kill him after the singer was rushed to a hospital last week for an overdose of medication given to him by prison staff. Prosecutors say the allegations have no merit. The R&B star is serving a 50-year term for convictions that include charges of child pornography, sex trafficking and racketeering. CBS News' Jericka Duncan has more.

• Jun 18, 2025

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.

• Jun 17, 2025

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Justice Department suggests Trump team misled investigators on Mar-a-Lago documents; Prosecutors rest case in R.Kelly's federal trial

• Aug 31, 2022

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.

• Feb 17, 2023

Singer R. Kelly has been denied a new federal trial in Chicago

Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2022 on nine counts that included "sexual exploitation of children."

• Feb 16, 2023

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Taliban warns of "consequences" if U.S. delays withdrawal from Afghanistan; Trial of R. Kelly continues today

• Aug 26, 2021

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Congress working to avert government shutdown; R. Kelly accuser speaks out in exclusive interview

• Sep 30, 2021

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Senate GOP blocks House-passed funding bill; Panic-buying leads to United Kingdom fuel shortage

• Sep 28, 2021

R. Kelly to pay $300,000 to victim in sex crimes case

A restitution order that was still being finalized is meant to cover the cost of treatment for herpes and psychotherapy.

• Sep 28, 2022

R. Kelly convicted on several child pornography charges

Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.

• Sep 14, 2022

Package explodes on Northeastern U. campus

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.

• Sep 14, 2022

Closing arguments to start next week in latest R. Kelly trial

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.

• Sep 10, 2022

Opening statements in latest R. Kelly trial

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.

• Aug 17, 2022

Shooting outside Illinois Six Flags injures 3

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.

• Aug 15, 2022

R. Kelly accuser in alleged child sex video set to testify

The singer's federal trial on charges he conspired to obstruct justice in his 2008 state child pornography trial starts Monday in Chicago.

• Aug 13, 2022

Sentencing goals revealed for R. Kelly

Prosecutors are recommending that singer R. Kelly should spend more than 25 years in prison for sex trafficking. Sentencing is slated for later this month. Former President Trump, his son Don Jr. and daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month in the New York attorney general’s probe of his business practices. And the Foo Fighters say two concerts in September will honor late bandmate Taylor Hawkins.

• Jun 9, 2022

R. Kelly suing prison after lawyers say he was placed on suicide watch

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.

• Jul 1, 2022

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison

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.

• Jun 30, 2022

R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking case

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is now a convicted felon after a jury found him guilty Monday on all charges in a racketeering and sex trafficking trial. He could face decades in prison. Jericka Duncan has been following the case.

• Sep 28, 2021

Azriel Clary on testifying against R. Kelly

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.

• Sep 30, 2021

R. Kelly survivor discusses leaving singer

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.

• Oct 4, 2021

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