DOWNFALL OF RKELLY
Oct 15, 2021
4 minutes
COMPILED BY KIM ABRAHAMS
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FOR years it was one of the biggest mysteries of the music business: why R Kelly wasn’t in jail.
The allegations about the sexual abuse he committed – often involving underage girls – were horrific and the evidence overwhelming, yet for decades the R&B singer evaded justice.
But recently the I Believe I Can Fly crooner’s sordid life finally caught up with him when an American jury found him guilty of nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering after hearing how he’d been the ringleader of a violent and coercive scheme
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