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R Kelly has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Chicago months after his conviction on child sex crime charges. He was found guilty in 6 of the 13 counts against him, including three counts of coercing minors into sexual activity and three of producing sex tapes involving a minor, his then 14-year-old goddaughter.
According to a report in the New York Times, Kelly will serve 19 of his 20 years concurrently with another separate sentence he is serving, a 30-year bid for racketeering and sex trafficking handed down in Brooklyn. Read Next: Prosecutors accuse R.
Kelly of trying to blackmail alleged victims The prosecution asked the judge to add a 25-year sentence to his previous 30 years, citing a “lack of remorse” for his actions. However, Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean was successfully able to convince the judge of the more favorable sentencing arrangement, saying that her client was “likely to die in prison either way.” Kelly was acquitted in 2008 of producing child pornography of his goddaughter.
While she did not take the stand in 2008, the woman testified at Kelly’s most recent trial and confirmed that she was the person with Kelly in the video. Christopher Brown, a lawyer for the woman, read a statement from his client on Thursday, asking for the maximum penalty for Kelly.
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R Kelly was yesterday sentenced to 20 years in prison in relation to his convictions in a Chicago court last year on three charges of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and three more linked to him filming that sexual abuse of children.However, most of that sentence will happen concurrently to the 30 year jail term he is already serving after being found guilty in a New York court of setting up and running a criminal enterprise in order to access and abuse women and teenagers.Prosecutors in the Chicago case had been pushing for the new jail term to be served following the existing one, which would basically mean that the 56 year old musician would die in prison. However, judge Harry Leinenweber ruled that only one year would need to be served following the 30 year New York sentence.Among the reasons presented by prosecutors for why Kelly should serve his second jail term after the first was that the former music star has failed to show any remorse for his crimes.However, his lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean – who strongly argued for concurrent jail terms – said that Kelly’s silence through most of the legal proceedings he has faced in recent years should not be viewed as a lack of remorse.According to the Associated Press, she told the court that she had advised Kelly to not speak at the latest hearing because he continues to appeal his convictions and could yet face further legal action.
for child sex crimes by a federal judge in Chicago on Thursday, all but one year of which will be served concurrently with he received in 2022 for The most recent charges of sexual abuse that Kelly faces date to the 1990s, with the jury finding him guilty of producing videos of himself sexually abusing his 14-year-old goddaughter. The six charges on which Kelly was convicted include three counts of coercing minors into sexual activity and three of producing sex tapes involving a minor.Several of the women who accused Kelly of abuse—all of whom were identified by pseudonymous first names in order to protect them from potential retaliation—took the stand to face their abuser at his Chicago hearing, with the woman referred to as Jane in a statement: “When your virginity is taken by a pedophile at 14…your life is never your own” and adding, “I will never get back what I lost to Robert Kelly.” Another accuser referred to as Nia told Kelly in court: “Now you are here…because there is something wrong with you.
Disgraced singer and producer R. Kelly was sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison on charges of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex on Thursday. The 56-year-old will serve all but one of those years simultaneously with a 30-year sentence on racketeering and sex trafficking convictions.
R. Kelly has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of possession of child pornography and more.
R. Kelly is facing additional time in prison after being found guilty of further offences and having now been sentenced in Chicago today, Thursday, 23 February. The disgraced rapper, 56, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges in 2021 and received a sentence of 30 years in New York.
Thania Garcia R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sex crimes in a Chicago federal courtroom on Thursday. The 56-year-old singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty of six of the 13 charges brought against him, including three counts of coercing minors into sexual activity and three of producing sex tapes involving a minor. The jury found that Kelly had produced three videos of himself sexually abusing his then 14-year-old goddaughter. He was acquitted of a charge that he had attempted to block an earlier investigation into his abuse of the goddaughter, and two other counts of enticing minors to have sex.
R. Kelly was just sentenced to 20 years in prison at a Chicago federal courtroom on Thursday (February 23) after being found guilty months ago.
R. Kelly has been sentenced to more prison time. On Thursday, the 56-year-old singer was sentenced to 20 years in prison, five months after he was convicted on six counts in a Chicago federal court.Prosecutors had requested a 25-year sentence for Kelly, while the disgraced singer's defense team asked for a 10-year sentence for their client.Thursday's sentencing follows Kelly's September conviction on three child pornography counts and three counts of enticing minors for sex.That conviction came one year after Kelly, who has long maintained his innocence, was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York. In June 2022, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison, as well as five years of supervised release and a $100,000 fine. The singer was ordered to serve one year of his most recent prison sentence after finishing his 30-year sentence.
Kellie Pickler’s late husband, Kyle Jacobs, was proud of his career achievements before his tragic death.
Singer Kellie Pickler's husband Kyle Jacobs has died by suicide at the couple's Nashville home, police in the area have confirmed. A spokesperson for the Nashville Police Department said: "Officers and Nashville Fire Department personnel responded and located resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office." The cops revealed that Kellie had been sleeping at the time but woke up just a short time before the incident, but was unable to find her husband.The singer and her assistant then contacted emergency services after they were unable to open a locked bedroom door. Kellie and Kyle married in 2011, and starred on the reality show I Love Kellie Pickler.
A heartbreaking loss. Kellie Pickler’s husband, Kyle Jacobs, was a behind-the-scenes country star in his own right prior to his tragic death at age 49.
Kellie Pickler‘s husband has died. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told ET that Kyle Jacobs was found dead at the couple’s Nashville home on Friday. He was 49.
local fire department found the 49-year-old “deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office. His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide,” a statement shared with media reads.According to the statement, Pickler “reported that she awoke a short time earlier, did not see her husband, and began looking for him.
Kellie Pickler's husband has died. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told ET that Kyle Jacobs was found dead at the couple's Nashville home on Friday.
Songwriter Kyle Jacobs was found dead at his Nashville home today in what police are calling a possible suicide. The husband of singer Kellie PIckler was 49.
co-wrote Garth Brooks’ 2007 No. 1 hit “More Than A Memory.” He also helped pen “Still” by Tim McGraw and “Dust” by the Eli Young Band.His songs have been recorded by the likes of Pickler, George Strait, Kelly Clarkson, Thompson Square and Jo Dee Messina, to name a few.He and Pickler eloped on Jan.
Ellise Shafer A man was found dead at country singer-songwriter Kellie Pickler’s home in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday, Variety has confirmed. According to the Nashville Police Department, the death is being investigated as an apparent suicide. The police would not disclose the identity of the male. Pickler lives at the home with her husband, songwriter Kyle Jacobs. Jacobs and Pickler eloped in 2011. In 2015, they starred in a CMT reality show about their relationship, titled “I Love Kellie Pickler.” Pickler finished in sixth place on “American Idol” in 2010, and went on to release four albums.During his career as a songwriter, Jacobs co-wrote Garth Brooks’ No. 1 song “More Than a Memory” as well as Tim McGraw’s “Still” and also collaborated with Pickler, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, Scotty McCreery and Darius Rucker.
Mark Consuelos appeared on on Friday, one day after news broke that the 51-year-old actor would be joining his wife, Kelly Ripa, as a permanent co-host on her long-running talk show. He will be replacing Ryan Seacrest, who announced on Thursday that he was exiting the show after six years. Consuelos stepped out onto the stage, declaring he had «no second thoughts» about joining his wife on the syndicated program. «I will have a list of grievances,» he quipped.
Seacrest out! On Thursday, Ryan Seacrest announced that after six years, he would be stepping down as Kelly Ripa’s “Live With Kelly and Ryan” co-host. While the decision might feel sudden to fans, the 48-year-old had actually been thinking about making the change for years.