R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial

In a world of madness at least there is one less master of perversion soon to be walking as a free man

Its been a long and drawn out case, thats what money gave him but ultimately justice shall prevail

R. Kelly: The history of allegations against him

1994: Marries Aaliyah The star, then aged 27, marries 15-year-old singer Aaliyah at a secret ceremony in Chicago.

as if that didn't set the alarm bells ringing

Tiffany Hawkins sues R. Kelly for the "personal injuries and emotional distress" she suffered during a three-year relationship with the star. In court documents, she said she began having sex with Kelly in 1991, when she was 15 and he was 24

2001: Sued by intern Tracy Sampson sues R. Kelly, accusing him of inducing her "into an indecent sexual relationship" when she was 17 years old.

June 2002: Charged over child pornography The star is charged with 21 counts of making child pornography, involving intercourse, oral sex, urination, and other sexual acts.

2002 - 2004: Arrest prompts further charges Kelly is charged with a further 12 counts of making child pornography in Florida

which then brings us to the current case started way back in 2017

July 2017: Allegations of a "cult" A long and detailed Buzzfeed report accuses R. Kelly of trapping six women in a sex "cult".

R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial

Eleven accusers, nine women and two men, took the stand over the searing six-week trial to describe sexual humiliation and violence at his hands. After two days of deliberation, the jury found Kelly guilty on all the charges he was facing. Sentencing is due on 4 May and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

In the UK we have had our fair share of celebrity pedophiles (Jimmy Saville being the worst) it irks me though that R.Kelly was able to marry someone underage, then goto court and pay off victims while repeatedly avoiding criminal charges, With Saville he appeared to avoid court somehow but the fact Kelly appeared in court so many times and was able to continue with his crimes is ridiculous. Neither case should have been allowed to fester while innocent lives were put through toture and pain.

Respect and praise to the victims for standing up to this monster and whatever peace they may find in the remainder of their lives they deserve and more.

one final link with a timeline

R. Kelly Timeline of abuse allegations

It's about time someone goes down. Imagine the number of lives ruined.
Too bad there are hundreds more who will never be brought to justice

a reply to: UpThenDown

In a world of madness at least there is one less master of perversion soon to be walking as a free man

Here in California, we repeatedly experience rapists and pedophiles being released from prison... before their sentence is up.

I will hope that this pork will spend at least a portion of his sentence in jail... but then again, we have liberal political and judicial people that do NOT follow the law of sentencing.

a reply to: UpThenDown

I can't help but wonder how much of an affect the Documentary TV Series had on the case. I watched some of it, but aside from that, I haven't followed the case at all. I mean it's possible it wouldn't have made a difference, but you never know, maybe he could've possibly bought his way out of some of this, had it not been for that.

a reply to: CupcakeKarma

The problem is though this monster never went to prison in the first place, money afforded him his freedom to continue his depravity, hopefully when that cell door is locked it is never opened again in this case.

a reply to: UpThenDown

He'll probably manage to find a way to stay out of general population, and buy himself a somewhat comfortable segregated prison cell.



If not, then... well.... karma.

a reply to: BrokenCircles

I dont doubt he could have bought his way out of it, he has done it before and then continued his behavior

leopard and spots spring to mind

every lawyer who defended him should hang there heads in shame, while they are just doing there jobs surely they sold there souls a long time ago

a reply to: UpThenDown

every lawyer who defended him should hang there heads in shame, while they are just doing there jobs surely they sold there souls a long time ago

Oh, but they're not finished yet. His lawyers have not yet accepted the verdict.(neither have many of his adoring devoted female fans)

Although the verdict is set, it doesn’t look like his legal team is accepting the outcome. Following the ruling, R. Kelly’s defense lawyer Devereaux Cannick provided a statement outside of the courtroom. “Of course, Mr. Kelly is disappointed. He was not anticipating this verdict because based on the evidence, why should he anticipate this verdict,” said Devereaux while speaking to Now This News.

As he continued speaking, he claimed that the government “cherry-picked” evidence to support their narrative. He continued stating, “You didn’t get to see what we saw in terms of the discovery. You didn’t get to see all the inconsistencies. We said in our summation that the government cherry-picked their version that they thought would support the continuation of the narrative.”

Before he finished speaking to the press, Deveraux let them know that the fight wasn’t over just yet. He advised that he would be appealing the guilty verdict before leaving reporters. Deveraux wasn’t the only one outside the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. A group of women supporters was also outside expressing their disdain of the verdict, which has a reportedly long sentence.

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I assume his Lawyers are still continuing their claim that it's all a huge conspiracy against Kelly, and EVERYBODY is lying.

a reply to: BrokenCircles

the mind boggles at the fact he has any fans left whether female or male, i expect scummy lawyers to back their client but if you start with his marriage to Aaliyah she was only 15 and since her untimely death there has been a repeating pattern of the very same behaviour, not much of a conspiracy against him no matter what his souless lawyers may think.

a reply to: UpThenDown

Wasn't Aaliyah murdered in a plane crash?

Kelly is obviously a dirt bag. However, I don't believe most of the victims are innocent either. Ot is only when the checks stop do these people seem to grow a spine or some how decide they were abused.

The enablers were Kelly's team along with parents to of some of these women.

originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: UpThenDown

Wasn't Aaliyah murdered in a plane crash?

She died in a plane crash in Bahamas after filming a music video. She was dating Dame Dash at the time.

She was messing with r Kelly earlier when she was a tad younger.

a reply to: UpThenDown

Industry tolerated him because he was so talented. A lot of peoples favorite artist are scummy in real life.

a reply to: Edumakated

Okay. I just remember thinking her death sounded strange at the time.

Just two weeks before her untimely death, Aaliyah was hanging out with her boyfriend, Roc-A-Fella Records mogul Damon Dash, in the East Hampton, Long Island home he shared with Jay-Z, dancing to Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album. She was carefree, happy and in love.

Aaliyah was worried about the safety of the plane

A few days later on August 22, 2001, the R&B singer was in Miami to shoot underwater scenes for the music video for her next single, “Rock the Boat.” Aaliyah and crew then flew to the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas to continue the shoot. Dash would later reveal in a 2016 interview on The Real that he had advised the singer not to travel to the island and that she had expressed apprehension about the safety of the plane. 

Bolding mine.

Roc-A-Fella records, Jay-Z's label.

Jay-Z is sus af. Full blown illuminati imo.

Eta: I liked him before Big died but when Jay started proclaiming himself to be king of NY I felt like he was sh!tting on Big's memory.

a reply to: UpThenDown

the mind boggles at the fact he has any fans left whether female or male

The same thing has also occurred with serial killers. The two specific cases that come to mind are Ted Bundy & Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker).

Bundy actually legally married one of his fans during the process of his own trial, right there in the courtroom. I think Ramirez also married one of his female admirers after he had been sent to prison.




I was thinking about one of the lines from the Lawyer's quote in my previous post that's actually pretty amusing.
"he claimed that the government “cherry-picked” evidence to support their narrative."


umm Duh?? That's what prosecutors do. They present the evidence that supports their case. It's the defenses job to present the countering/contradicting evidence. As a lawyer, you'd think he would've already known that. lol

a reply to: Edumakated

what crimes are the victims guilty of in your opinion?

a reply to: UpThenDown

The problem is though this monster never went to prison in the first place, money afforded him his freedom to continue his depravity, hopefully when that cell door is locked it is never opened again in this case.

You mean ... like oj who bought his way from prison for murder; but eventually was taken down by his greed and went to prison for using a gun to secure his precious belongings.

Or do you mean like cosby who bought his way OUT of prison ?

sigh

and YES, ... we will hope r kelly and his ilk are no longer allowed to feast upon people without recourse....

and I pray daily that justice will begin to thrive in our humanity.

a reply to: UpThenDown

May 4th sentencing? Does that strike anyone else as abnormally long?

a reply to: UpThenDown

"I believe i can fly"

Lets see him fly all the way to the beast wing with any luck.

originally posted by: UpThenDown
a reply to: Edumakated

what crimes are the victims guilty of in your opinion?

I didn't say they were guilty of crimes specifically just that they aren't so innocent. Underage or not, many of these girls knew exactly what they were doing. Big difference between a sassy 15 or 16 year old and say an 8 year old although both may be treated equally under the law.

Don't get me wrong, I am NOT defending Kelly's behavior. However, let's not act like the victims are innocent little gum drops either.