R. Kelly Is Going To Trial For Alleged Sex Crimes. Here's What To Know
It's been two years since the R&B singer and songwriter was arrested. His first federal trial is about to begin in New York, but a lot has happened in the interim. Here's what you've missed.
Editor's note: This report includes allegations of sexual and physical abuse.
In July 2019, federal prosecutors in both New York and Illinois unsealed indictments against R&B singer and songwriter R. Kelly on a host of charges. They include accusations that the R&B singer and songwriter abused girls and women over some two decades, that he had made child pornography, and that Kelly and some of his circle made hush-money payments to silence the alleged victims. The prosecutors have also charged Kelly with racketeering — building a criminal enterprise, they say, whose purpose was to "prey upon young women and teenagers."
After lengthy delays due to the pandemic, superseding charges issued by sets of and on his defense team, Kelly is
