CHICAGO (AP) — While on trial for child pornography in 2008, R. Kelly still found time to talk to fans, give autographs and to meet an underage girl he later invited to his home, according to prosecutors who depicted the R&B star as manipulative and sometimes violent.
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly, the R&B star who has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves, is due in court Saturday after being charged with aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims, including at least three between the ages of 13 and 17.
R&B singer R. Kelly on Friday morning was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Cook County, Illinois, court documents show.
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti said Thursday that he has given Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of R&B star R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
Actor Pete Davidson reportedly left audience members angry last week during a shocking comedy set that saw the “Saturday Night Live” star cracking jokes about having sex with his friend’s baby.
NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple outlets have reported that Sony Music has dropped embattled R&B star R. Kelly from its roster.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials say a concert in Springfield that was to be hosted by R. Kelly cannot take place in the wake of new sexual misconduct allegations against the R&B star.
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for R. Kelly said Friday that the R&B star denies all allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls, including those made in a recent documentary, although he says neither he nor Kelly has watched the entire movie.
Pop star Lady Gaga blasted R. Kelly in a statement following a number of sexual abuse allegations against the singer being publicized in a new Lifetime documentary.
Investigators have reportedly launched a criminal probe into R. Kelly in wake of a six-part documentary detailing allegations of sexual abuse against the acclaimed singer.
A New York City premiere of the new Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly was shut down after an apparent shooting and bomb threat was made.
Singer R. Kelly has released a new song admitting that he enjoys “f’ing” with “the Ladies,” but denying charges of pedophilia, after years of allegations that he treated young women as “sex slaves.”
Music streaming service Spotify has backtracked on their initiative to ban “hate content” from the platform, reinstating rapper XXXTentacion and declaring, “We rolled this out wrong.”
Spotify has removed R. Kelly’s music from its playlists, citing its new policy on hate content and hateful conduct.
The Time’s Up campaign is taking aim at R. Kelly over allegations he has sexually abused women.