The singer of R’n’B had also been sentenced in June 2022 to thirty years in prison for sexual crimes.
mo12345lemonde with AFP
The American singer R. Kelly, a fallen star of the R’n’B, was sentenced Thursday, February 23, to a sentence of twenty years in prison for child pornography before a federal court in Chicago. This sentence will not add up to that of thirty years he received in June 2022 in New York for sexual crimes, judge Harry Leinenweber having ordered that he only performs an additional year of prison when he will have purged his previous conviction.
Robert Sylvester Kelly, 56, had been found guilty by a federal jury of Chicago of child pornography and diversion of minor. Extracts from videos showing sexual violence committed by R. Kelly on young girls, one of whom was only 14 years old, had been broadcast during the trial.
an “system” Sexual
The singer had however been acquitted for accusations of obstruction of justice. He was criticized for having disrupted the course of a previous child porn trial in 2008, from which he was not guilty, threatening a victim so that he did not testify.
The artist, known worldwide for his hit I Believe I Can Fly and his 75 million records sold, had long reigned over the R’n’B despite suspicions of sexual assault. He had finally been found guilty in September 2021 to have piloted for years a “system” of sexual exploitation of young people, including adolescent girls.