R. Kelly

A federal appeals court denied singer R. Kelly’s latest attempt to be released on bail, agreeing with a lower court that he was a flight risk and that no combination of conditions could ensure he would appear for trial. A federal judge in Brooklyn denied Kelly’s initial petition for bail earlier this year, and rejected a motion to reconsider,...

R. Kelly was reportedly attacked by another inmate while in jail, his attorney confirmed to NBC Chicago.

R. Kelly’s former manager is facing a new set of charges this week from federal prosecutors that allege the disgraced R&B performer’s ally threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater to stop a screening of the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly.” Attorneys for the Southern District of New York say Donnell Russell threatened theater staff with a shooting if...

Three men connected to R. Kelly have been accused of threatening, intimidating and trying to bribe women who accused the disgraced R&B performer of sexual abuse, including one who federal prosecutors say firebombed a victim’s father’s car. According to a complaint filed by U.S. attorneys in Brooklyn, Richard Arline Jr., Donnell Russell and Michael Williams tried to persuade several...

Federal prosecutors in New York City have hit R Kelly with more criminal charges

R&B singer R Kelly has pleaded not guilty to a 13-count federal indictment that includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser

Federal prosecutors on Friday made public new charges against R&B singer R. Kelly, alleging that he sexually abused a minor victim for four years, starting in 1997. The superseding indictment describes the girl as “Minor 6,” who was approximately 14 or 15 years old at the time. The new charges also detail Kelly’s businesses, Bass Productions, LTD and his co-defendants...

R. Kelly’s trial in Cook County in September will begin with charges alleging he sexually abused his hair dresser, prosecutors revealed in court Wednesday. Kelly did not appear at the hearing due to a “medical procedure,” his attorney Steve Greenberg said. A Cook County judge ordered the singer to stand trial on one of four sexual abuse cases on...

One of R. Kelly’s girlfriends turned herself into police after getting into a fight with the other one Wednesday afternoon inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condo.

Chicago police say two girlfriends of R. Kelly fought Wednesday inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium , resulting in one of the women being taken to a nearby hospital.

Authorities didn’t identify the women, however police called to the condo said a 22-year-old female and a 24-year-old were engaged in a physical altercation when they arrived.

Few documentary TV series can argue to having a more powerful real world impact than “Surviving R. Kelly.” Although allegations of sexual abuse against minors followed Kelly for years, it was a six-part series aired by Lifetime featuring testimonials by alleged abuse survivors that sparked new attention from authorities. A year later, Lifetime is readying the follow-up series “Surviving R....

Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he schemed with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994. Kelly entered the plea in New York via a video feed from Chicago, where he remains jailed while facing…

Many have noticed how fragmented our TV viewing is, with multiple competing streaming services and dozens of channels pulling us in different directions. But the year also saw some jaw-dropping moments that found huge audiences, whether it was a royal interview or a viral alien. The Associated Press has put together a list of the best TV moments in 2019….

Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994. The revised indictment, filed Thursday in New York, accuses Kelly of paying a bribe in exchange for a “fraudulent identification document”…

A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered singer R. Kelly to stand trial on one of four sexual abuse cases on Sept. 14, but it remains unclear which of the cases prosecutors will take to trial first. During the hearing in Chicago, Judge Lawrence Flood told prosecutors he wants to know by Jan. 22 which of the four separate indictments…

R. Kelly’s lawyers want the judge in the singer’s New York federal case to reconsider and grant him bond, saying the hardships of being jailed include being able to see just one of two previous live-in girlfriends at a time.

R. Kelly returned to a Chicago courtroom Tuesday as a judge declined to raise bond for his criminal matter in the city in wake of federal indictments against the singer.

Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance in 2001. Kelly, who is jailed in Chicago on sexual abuse and other counts, was charged in Minnesota in August with soliciting the girl after meeting her...

A trial for R. Kelly’s federal case is expected to take place in the spring, a judge ruled Wednesday as attorneys for the singer fight to have him released from jail.

For a long time, Buku Abi ran away from pursuing music.
Although she is the daughter of one of pop music’s most popular and successful singer-songwriters, her father is also among the most infamous: He is R. Kelly, currently in jail, facing multiple charges of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.