R. Kelly has already been sentenced to decades in prison – but now the ex-pop star is being tried again. It is also about a video that has become famous. He is said to have abused a 14-year-old girl and then put pressure on her.
Just a few weeks after being sentenced to 30 years in prison, ex-music star R. Kelly has to face another abuse trial starting Monday. In his hometown of Chicago, hearings before a federal court begin with the selection of the jury members.
Overall, Kelly is accused of 13 counts: Among other things, because of the production of child pornography in several cases, the incitement of minors to sexual acts and obstruction of justice. Two of his former employees have also been charged.
It is also about a video that has been known for many years and that shows Kelly (55) how he abuses a 14-year-old girl and urinates on her. In this case, the musician had already been acquitted by a jury in 2008.
The public prosecutor’s office now accuses him of having put pressure on the victim so that she does not testify in the process. In the upcoming court hearing, the now adult woman should testify. It is expected that the process could take a month. He faces another decade in prison.
First allegations against R. Kelly known for around 25 years
The “I believe I can fly” singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison and a $100,000 fine in an abuse trial in New York at the end of June. Last year, after a trial lasting several weeks, a jury found the musician guilty on all nine counts, including sexual exploitation of minors, kidnapping and bribery. Kelly had always denied the allegations. He has been in prison since the summer of 2019.
The trial is another high-profile legal workup in the MeToo era, following cases like those of film producer Harvey Weinstein and comedian Bill Cosby.
The first allegations against the musician, born Robert Sylvester Kelly in Chicago in 1967, were made around 25 years ago. But the music colossus seemed unassailable on his pop throne and remained at large for a long time. With more than 50 million albums sold, several Grammys and other awards, he was one of the most successful musicians of the late 20th century.
But at the latest when the sensational documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” summarized the allegations in 2019, the singer became more and more lonely. Stars distanced themselves from him, then radio stations, streaming services and finally his music label.
Source: Stern
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