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R. Kelly Ordered Held Without Bond, Deemed a “Danger To The Community, Especially Young Girls”
CHICAGO — Recording artist Robert Sylvester Kelly, also known as “R. Kelly,” was ordered held without bond Tuesday following his indictment on federal child pornography and obstruction charges. The judge said the singer is a “danger to the community, especially minor girls.”
Kelly, 52, of Chicago, was arrested the night of July 11.
A 13-count indictment returned July 11 in U.S. District Court in Chicago charges Kelly with producing and receiving child pornography, and enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity.
The indictment accuses Kelly of engaging in sex acts with five minors and recording some of the abuse on multiple videos.
The indictment also charges Kelly with conspiring to intimidate victims and conceal evidence in an effort to obstruct law enforcement, including an investigation in the 2000s that resulted in his trial in 2008 in Cook County on state child pornography charges.
Kelly was indicted on the following charges:
one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography,
two counts of receiving child pornography,
four counts of producing child pornography,
five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, and
one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
The indictment also charges the following two former employees of Kelly’s music business:
Derrel McDavid, 58, of Chicago (one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography, two counts of receiving child pornography, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice), and
Milton Brown, also known as “June Brown,” 53, of Chicago (one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography).
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Angel Krull, Abigail L. Peluso and Jeannice W. Appenteng, Northern District of Illinois, are prosecuting this case.
A separate federal indictment was also unsealed in the Eastern District of New York charging Kelly with racketeering for allegedly operating a criminal enterprise that promoted Kelly’s music and recruited women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity.
Kelly is an award-winning recording artist and record producer who has operated various music businesses in Chicago.
According to the indictment in the Northern District of Illinois, Kelly met the five victims in the late 1990s. Kelly engaged in sex acts with the victims while they were all under the age of 18, and he created numerous explicit videos with four of them, the indictment states.
The charges allege that Kelly and McDavid in 2001 began paying an acquaintance hundreds of thousands of dollars to collect the videos for the purpose of concealing and covering up their existence.
When the acquaintance later planned to hold a news conference to publicly announce that he recovered the videos, Kelly, McDavid and others paid him about $170,000 in exchange for agreeing to cancel the event, the indictment states.
Kelly and McDavid also agreed to pay one of the minors and another individual for their efforts to return the videos, but only after they took polygraph examinations to confirm they returned all copies in their possession, the charges allege.
The indictment seeks forfeiture of a personal money judgment of about $1.55 million.
The public is reminded that charges contain only accusations and are not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Producing child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years.
Receiving child pornography and conspiring to receive child pornography are each punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years.
The maximum sentence for enticing a minor is 10 years.
Conspiracy to obstruct justice is punishable by up to five years.
If convicted, the Court must impose reasonable sentences under federal sentencing statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
If you believe you are a victim of sexual exploitation by Robert Sylvester Kelly, you are encouraged to contact HSI’s confidential tip line by calling 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-347-2423) or its online tip form. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
https://breaking911.com/breaking-r-kelly-ordered-held-without-bond/
Well done!! Thank you!
You don't think Trump uses people then tosses them when he's done? That's exactly what he does, just look at who's he's fired.
Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss, 55, 'attacked his pregnant beauty queen wife, 31, at their Hawaii home and demanded she get an abortion - while he claims she has disappeared with their son and lied to him about taking birth control the story is here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7253981/Bachelor-creator-Mike-Fleiss-accused-attacking-wife.html
When I saw that last name I did a search to find out if he was related to Heidi Fleiss and he is...
https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/slideshows/the-bachelor-secrets-exposed-affairs-herpes-and-more/
This stuck out to me on the article:
Kaufman is a journalist for The Los Angeles Times, who was actually once banned by ABC for her coverage because she uncovered one too many secrets from backstage. In this book, she relies on that experience to shape her narrative, while also conducting interviews with countless staff members.
What a shit show....I'm embarrassed seriously
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