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R. Kelly

October 2021

Last month, R. Kelly was convicted after being accused of running a criminal enterprise that recruited women, girls, and boys for sex.

R. Kelly’s album sales rocket 500pc after sex-trafficking conviction

From September 27 to October 3, the singer’s on-demand audio streams rose 22 per cent and Rolling Stone reported that his album sales jumped by 517 percent.

August 2021

R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago in 2019.

R. Kelly accuser tells of singer’s violence, control

A former girlfriend of R. Kelly on Monday told jurors at his sex abuse trial that she suffered through a five-year relationship with the R&B singer marked by frequent violence and control of her every move.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/person/robert-sylvester-kelly-1mn4