R. Kelly

R. Kelly told a judge on Wednesday that he won’t take the witness stand at his sex trafficking trial, meaning he’ll avoid the risk of a potentially brutal cross-examination. “You don’t want to testify, correct?” U.S. District Judge Ann Connelly asked the R&B singer. He responded: “Yes, ma’am.” Lawyers had already said Kelly was unlikely to testify on his own behalf....

Prosecutors at the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial ended their case after calling dozens of witnesses over the past month who detailed the government’s sweeping allegations against the singer in lurid detail

The woman testified in lurid detail that she was locked in a darkened room for days, barely given anything to eat and believes she was drugged and violated by Kelly while she was unconscious

A key accuser at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial returned to the witness stand on Thursday, first claiming Kelly had a Girl Scout fetish and then weeping when a prosecutor asked her to read out loud from a journal entry describing how he allegedly beat and choked her the last time they were together in 2010.

A prosecutor described sex abuse claims against R&B star R. Kelly Wednesday, saying the long-anticipated trial now underway is “about a predator” who used his fame to entice girls, boys and young women before dominating and controlling them physically, sexually and psychologically for at least three decades. “This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot,” Assistant...

Starting this week, what prosecutors say was a not-so-secret dark side of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be presented in lurid detail for a jury in New York City.

After several delays, the first phase of the sex trafficking trial of R&B star R. Kelly has begun with jury selection in New York City

Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex trafficking trial to hear those claims

Singer R. Kelly has been moved to federal custody in Brooklyn from Chicago ahead of his imminent trial on sex trafficking charges. It was not immediately clear exactly when the one-time R&B superstar was moved, but federal Bureau of Prisons records show Kelly is now housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center. A judge approved the move in April, saying...

A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays.

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.