Court finds singer R. Kelly guilty of multiple charges in sexual abuse trial: media

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R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Wednesday in his final trial in U.S. federal court on charges of enticing underage girls to have sex with him, though he has not been found. guilty of obstructing a 2008 state case that ended in his acquittal, according to news reports.

Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty on six of the 13 charges he faced at trial, CBS Chicago reported.

A jury in the District Court in Chicago convicted the 55-year-old music artist on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, sexual extortion of a woman and possession of child pornography material.

Kelly is among the most famous people convicted of sexual misconduct during the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and abuse in recent years.

During the five-week trial, several women took the stand and told the jury that Kelly sexually abused them when they were minors. The jury also saw a video of Kelly sexually abusing her goddaughter, who testified that the abuse began in the 1990s, when she was a teenager.

Kelly and two other people charged in the case, Milton “June” Brown and Derrel McDavid, were acquitted of conspiracy to receive child pornography charges. Kelly and McDavid were also acquitted of conspiracy to obstruct justice charges in Cook County in 2002, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The men were accused of attempting to bribe and threaten witnesses in the 2008 Illinois case in which Kelly was found not guilty on 14 counts of child pornography.

In June, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his conviction in New York federal court on racketeering and prostitution charges. That trial amplified the accusations that had followed the Grammy-winning author of “I Believe I Can Fly” for two decades.

Kelly also faces various state charges in Illinois and Minnesota.

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