![]() The Grammy-winning Kelly rose from poverty in Chicago to become one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. He was transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina last month. The woman in Minnesota sued Kelly in 2021, but that case remans dormant, too, because Kelly is in prison and is unable to defend himself, cord records show. Born Robert Sylvester Kelly, he was sentenced to 30 years in the New York case last year and a mostly concurrent 20 years in February in the Chicago case. Even though it wouldn’t have brought any extra prison time for him, it would have given me closure.”įederal juries in Chicago and New York convicted Kelly, now 56, of crimes including child pornography, enticement, racketeering and sex trafficking related to allegations that he victimized women and girls. “If there had been a criminal trial, I would have been willing to testify against R. Kelly, I feel sad about the fact that Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minnesota decided not to hold him accountable for what he did to me when I was a minor,” the statement said. It said what Kelly did to her has been weighing heavily on her for more than 20 years and would continue to hurt her for the rest of her life. The woman Kelly allegedly abused in Minnesota wanted to testify at a trial anyway, her lawyer said.Īttorney Gloria Allred issued a statement on behalf of the woman, identified only as Jane Doe. “The overwhelming impact of proceeding to trial in this case on the survivor victim, the community, and the Hennepin County legal system would be enormous while a conviction would not add any additional time in prison,” the statement said. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said in a statement Tuesday that it believes her and that Kelly would likely be convicted if tried, but prosecuting him on charges that had been dormant since being filed in 2019 wouldn’t make a difference now that Kelly’s federal convictions could keep him in prison for the rest of his life. Kelly that alleged he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 and paid her $200 to dance naked with him. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota prosecutors have dropped sex abuse charges against disgraced R&B superstar R.
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