The first man to publicly accuse R. Kelly of sexual abuse testified at the singer’s trial in Brooklyn on Monday, Vulture reports. The man was identified as Louis and claimed that Kelly abused him when he was 17 years old. It was also later revealed that Louis had been arrested …
Read More »R. Kelly Faces Bribery Charge Linked to Illegal Aaliyah Marriage
UPDATE 12/18: R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to an additional federal charge that he bribed an official to obtain a fake ID in August 1994, Reuters reports. Kelly entered the plea via video to the Brooklyn courthouse from a Chicago prison, where the singer remains behind bars without bail. R. …
Read More »R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Abuse Charges
UPDATE: R. Kelly has posted his $1 million bond and will be released Monday afternoon, per a sheriff’s office spokesperson. *** R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Monday morning to all 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse the singer is facing. At a hearing at a Chicago courthouse, Judge Lawrence …
Read More »Gloria Allred Contacts Authorities Over Alleged New R. Kelly Sex Tape
Following a report that a newly surfaced sex tape allegedly shows R. Kelly with an underage girl, lawyer Gloria Allred issued a statement Friday saying that the woman in the video “may be” one of her clients. “I represent numerous women who allege they were sexually victimized by R. Kelly …
Read More »R&B Radio Divided Over R. Kelly Ban in the Wake of Lifetime Docuseries
On Sunday night, George Cook, the Director of Operations, Program Director and Brand Manager for a pair of rap and R&B radio stations in Dallas, organized a crucial conference call with members of his team. Surviving R. Kelly, a six-part docuseries on Lifetime that alleged that the singer had committed …
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