CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography & sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be 1 of the biggest R&B stars in the world.
Kelly, 55, was found guilty on 3 counts of child pornography & 3 counts of child enticement.
But the jury acquitted him on a 4th pornography count as well as a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008. He was found not guilty on all 3 counts of conspiring to receive child pornography & for 2 further enticement charges.
His 2 co-defendants were found not guilty on all charges.
At trial, prosecutors sought to paint a picture of Kelly as a master manipulator who used his fame and wealth to reel in star-stuck fans, some of them minors, to sexually abuse then discard them.
Kelly associates Derrel McDavid & Milton Brown were co-defendants at the Chicago trial. Jurors acquitted McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, who was accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the 2008 trial. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography.
Kelly has already been convicted of racketeering & sex trafficking in New York & sentenced to 30 years in prison.
In Chicago, a conviction of just 1 count of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, while receipt of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum of 5 years. Judges can order that defendants sentenced earlier in separate cases serve their new sentence simultaneously with or only after the first term is fully served. Federal inmates must serve at least 85% of their sentences.
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