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R Kelly case

June 2022

R. Kelly leaves a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building, in Chicago.

R&B superstar R. Kelly jailed for 30 years for sex abuse

The Grammy-winning, multi-platinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking.

January 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time companion, was convicted of recruiting  young women for him.

When ignorance isn’t bliss: the real moral reckoning in Maxwell case

When it comes to abuse and what you should have known, ignorance is no excuse.

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.

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